{"product_id":"a-daughter-of-the-samurai-etsu-inagaki-sugimoto-9780804859219","title":"A Daughter of the Samurai: Memoir of a Remarkable Asian-American Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --Janice P. Nimura, from the foreword.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis classic memoir tells the story of a remarkable Asian-American woman navigating two very different cultures--a loyal wife, a widowed mother, and a bilingual breadwinner--who finds her voice in a strange new world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollow her journey as she: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitnesses her father prepare and perform ritual seppuku, and her mother burn down the ancestral home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBids an emotional farewell and sails across the ocean to marry a wealthy merchant in a new land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturns to Tokyo with her two daughters and mother-in-law, only to find her homeland as alien as America, forcing her to reinvent herself to provide for her family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEventually returns to America with her children after the death of her mother-in-law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn international bestseller when first published a century ago, \u003ci\u003eA Daughter of the Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e remains a testament to a woman's resolve, strength, and endurance. This edition includes a new foreword by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Janice P. Nimura.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804859213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804859219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739200377087,"sku":"9780804859219","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c840af13-0f69-4d92-b57a-c627ddf653a3.jpg?v=1743277510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-daughter-of-the-samurai-etsu-inagaki-sugimoto-9780804859219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}