Cute historical look drawn by Nadeshico Rin, showing a yound lady nestled in a type of coat called shirushibanten (a livery coat then worn by craftsmen or merchant clerks).
This is the Edo era takes on "borrowed boyfriend sweater fashion" ;)
Then, haori and other type of coats were menswear only. Women slowy borrowed those more and more overtime until haori entered womenswear.















