Daughters of the Samurai : a journey from East to West and back

Author/Creator:

Nimura, Janice P., author

Publication/Creation:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Daughters of the Samurai : a journey from East to West and back / Janice P. Nimura

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Biographies

Subjects:

Japanese--United States--Biography
Young women--United States--Biography
Schoolgirls--United States--Biography
Acculturation--United States--History
Young women--Japan--Biography
Samurai--Family relationships--History
Women--Education--Japan--History
East and West--History
Japanese--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
Women--Education--Japan--History--Juvenile literature
Women
Gender identity
Women--Juvenile literature
Gender identity--Juvenile literature
Gender
Gender--Juvenile literature
Japan--Relations--United States
United States--Relations--Japan
Japan--Relations--United States--Juvenile literature
United States--Relations--Japan--Juvenile literature

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Prologue -- Samurai daughter -- The war of the Year of the Dragon -- "A little leaven" -- "An expedition of practical observers" -- "Interesting strangers" -- Finding families -- Growing up American -- At Vassar -- The journey "home" -- Two weddings -- Getting along alone -- Alice in Tokyo -- Advances and retreats -- The Women's Home School of English -- Endings.

Summary:

"'Surprising and richly satisfying' (Megan Marshall); 'Beautifully crafted ... subtle, polished, and poised' (Stacy Schiff); In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the turmoil of civil war, three of these unusual ambassadors--Sutematsu Yamakawa, Shige Nagai, and Ume Tsuda--grew up as typical American schoolgirls. Upon their arrival in San Francisco they became celebrities, their travels feted by newspapers across the nation. The passionate friendships they formed reveal an intimate world of cross-cultural fascination and connection. Ten years later, they returned to Japan--a land grown foreign to them--determined to revolutionize women's education. Based on in-depth archival research in Japan and in the United States, Daughters of the Samurai is beautifully, cinematically written, a fascinating lens through which to view an extraordinary historical moment"--Provided by publisher.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936900006202486

ISBN:

9780393077995
0393077993

OCLC Number:

891611002

Barcode:

010003131558