The kappogi adopted as a uniform by the Japan National Defense Women's Association is thought to have been a type of "clothing for household chores" that was invented by Sachiko SASAKI and introduced in an edition of the magazine "Fujin no Tomo" (a Japanese magazine for urban middle-class women) that was published in 1913.
国防婦人会の会服となった割烹着は、1913年発行の雑誌『婦人之友』に掲載された笹木幸子考案の「家庭用仕事着」であるとされる。