Beautifully told, this immigrant’s account of an unforgettable journey is the story of a headstrong and empowered woman--a loyal wife, a widowed mother and a bilingual breadwinner--finding her way and finding her voice in a strange new world.
Follow in her footsteps and trace the remarkable trajectory of her life as she:
・Witnesses her father prepare and perform the ritual seppuku and her mother burn down the family home
・Bids an emotional farewell and sails across the ocean to marry a wealthy merchant in a new land
・Returns to Tokyo with her two daughters and mother-in-law, only to find her homeland just as alien as America, forcing her to reinvent herself again in order to provide for her family
・Returns to America with her children following the death of her mother-in-law
An international bestseller when it was first published a century ago, A Daughter of the Samurai emerges as a rare testament to a singular woman’s resolve, strength and endurance. This edition features a new foreword by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Janice P. Nimura.
『武士の娘』英文版
大正時代にアメリカへ渡った士族の娘である杉本鉞子の自叙伝。結婚を機に渡米し、生活の糧を得るために米国の雑誌「ASIA」へ投稿した記事が編集者の目にとまり、1925年に『A Daughter of Samurai』として大手出版社から刊行されました。日本の伝統文化や風習、根底にある武士の教えや日米の価値観の相違点や類似点などを記しており、瞬く間にベストセラーとなり、世界７カ国語に翻訳されました。
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