Satsuki's Chanchanko
Person wearing dark blue, padded jacket with drop shoulders. Open front with patterned tie closure and black velvet bands along the collar.
Satsuki's Chanchanko
Person wearing dark blue, padded jacket with drop shoulders. Open front with patterned tie closure and black velvet bands along the collar.
Artist
Satsuki Takiishi
Collector
Tetsuro Hoshii
Medium
Cotton etc.
Technique
Japanese Traditional Cloth called "Hanten" or "Chanchanko"
Dimensions
34" x 34"
Time Period
2009
Statement from the Collector
My grandma Satsuki made it for me when I moved to Boston from Japan. She thought Boston must be very cold and nice to wear chanchanko. And it was true. Boston was brutally cold in the winter and this chanchanko saved my life.