The kokumin-fuku (国民服, lit. 'national uniform') was the European-style men's civil uniform introduced in Japan in 1940 during World War II.[1][2] A similar-looking uniform was earlier introduced in Manchuria and was known as kyowa-fuku (協和服) or kai-fuku (会服).[3]
Its similarity to a military uniform was allegedly one of the reasons for heavy casualties among Japanese civilians when the Soviet army attacked in 1945.[4]
References
edit- ^ 更新日：2010年11月25日. "戦時衣生活簡素化実施要綱". Ndl.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "A crash course in wartime Japanese terminology for foreign demons", Japan Times
- ^ 山下幸生『花も嵐も わが一代記』（文芸社）117ページ。(Yamashita Koki, "Flowers and Storms - My Life Story", Bungeisha, 2001, ISBN 4835509358)
- ^ 中山隆志 『一九四五年夏 最後の日ソ戦』 中央公論新社〈中公文庫〉、2001年。 (Takashi Nakayama, "Last day of summer 1945 Soviet war", Chuko Bunko , 2001, ISBN 4122038588)
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