However, during Meiji period times, the educator Utako SHIMODA invented a hakama ('andon' hakama) for female students that incorporated more inner garment spaces than the men's version that lacked a gusset and, that was easier to put on and take off.
しかし、概ね明治期に教育者の下田歌子が女学生用の袴として襠（袴の内股に幅にゆとりを持たせるために加える布）が無く、より着脱がし易い一般に「女袴」とも呼ばれている行灯袴（あんどんはかま）を発明した。