A daughter of the Samurai, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto ; introduction by Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi
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A daughter of the Samurai, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto ; introduction by Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi
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Includes bibliographical references
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autobiography
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non fiction
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A daughter of the Samurai
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1200307166
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Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto ; introduction by Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi
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Modern Library Torchbearers
Summary
"A bestseller when it was first published in 1925, A Daughter of the Samurai is the memoir of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto: the youngest daughter of a renowned samurai, born durign Japan's last days of feudalism. Originally destined to be a Buddhist priestess, Etsu grows up a curly-haird tomboy in snowy Echigo, certain of her future role in her community. But as a young teenager, she is instead engaged to a Japanese merchant in Ohio -- and Etsu realizes she will eventually have to leave the only world she has ever known for the United States. Etsu arrives in Cincinnati as a bright-eyed and observant twenty-four-year-old, puzzled by the differences between the two cultures and alive to the contradictions, ironies, and beauty of both. Her memoir, reprinted for the first time in decades, is a tribute to the struggles of the first generation of Japanese immigrants and the unforgettable story of a strong and determined woman."--Page 4 of cover
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