A Daughter of the Samurai How a Daughter of Feudal Japan, Living Hundreds of Years in One Generation, Became a Modern American
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
27.02.2023
Verlag
Martino Fine BooksSeitenzahl
336
Maße (L/B/H)
23,4/15,6/2 cm
Gewicht
573 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-68422-799-0
2023 Reprint of the 1925 U.S. Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Born in 1874 as the youngest daughter of a samurai and former daimyo-a feudal prince under shogunate rule-the author grew up surrounded by ghosts of an aristocratic military lineage. Having fought on the losing side in the wars that installed the Meiji emperor, her family was reduced in power, status, and wealth but not in pride or, nor in devotion to its traditional roles and customs. Etsu's upbringing and education were conservative and old-fashioned, guided by the Shinto and Buddhist beliefs held by her family. The samurai virtues of honor, stoicism, and sacrifice applied to daughters and wives as well as sons and fathers: "The eyelids of a samurai know not moisture." Family turmoil, including her father's death and the return of her prodigal brother, led her on another path-to an English-language mission school in Tokyo and an arranged marriage to a Japanese businessman in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she became mother to two daughters before being widowed and returning with them to Japan. Her story, as she tells it, is: "How a daughter of feudal Japan, living hundreds of years in one generation, became a modern American." The clash of cultures, the momentous and sometimes hilarious misunderstandings between Japanese and Western ways are revealed in intriguing intimate episodes involving love, duty, and family ties. Living between a semi-mythical past and an emergent international present, Mrs. Sugimoto recounts the personal impact of the profound social changes brought about by Japanese American relations during the Meiji period (1868-1912) and offers an unexpected insider's view of traditional Japanese samurai family life as it is in the process of being swept away.
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