Sukajan
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A , also known as souvenir jacket or tour jacket, is a type of satin blouse jacket often embroidered with orientalist motifs that originated in post-World War II occupied Japan.
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- Japanese clothing
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- jacket
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- Sukajan
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- スカジャン
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 1950s: Post WWII origins
- Embroidery
- 1960s: The sukaman
- 1970s: Vietnam war
- Cultural impact
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A , also known as souvenir jacket or tour jacket, is a type of satin blouse jacket often embroidered with orientalist motifs that originated in post-World War II occupied Japan.
Modeled after varsity jackets, they were originally a souvenir created by Japanese craftspeople for American servicemen stationed in Japan. The sukajan was later adopted by Japanese working-class youth culture as an act of rebellion, and has since endured in popularity both in Japan and abroad.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sukajan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.