Author: Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki
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A Daughter of the Samurai: A Memoir (Modern Library Torchbearers)
Price: $14.98
Publisher: Modern Library : July 2021
Seller ID: 444410
ISBN-13: 9780593242667
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - Like New
A young Japanese woman leaves the only home she's ever known for married life in nineteenth-century Ohio in a delightful and charming memoir about learning your own strengths and finding your way between two cultures. Born into a high-ranking samurai family at the onset of the Meiji period, Etsu Sugimoto is originally destined to be a Buddhist priestess. She grows up as a curly-haired tomboy in Echigo, a beloved daughter of a traditional family, certain of her future role in her community. But her life changes when, as a young teenager, she is instead engaged to a Japanese merchant in Cincinna...
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