A Daughter of the Samurai - Couverture souple

Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 151329072X ISBN 13 : 9781513290720

Editeur : Mint Editions, 2021

Synopsis

A Daughter of the Samurai (1925) is an autobiography by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto. Born in Japan, she was sent to the United States to fulfill an arranged marriage with a Japanese merchant. Raised in a family whose prominence had fallen toward the end of the feudal era, Sugimoto gained a unique perspective on Japanese life that would shape her literary career and outlook as a professor at New York's Columbia University. "Japan is often called by foreign people a land of sunshine and cherry blossoms. [...] In the province of Echigo, where was my home, winter usually began with a heavy snow which came down fast and steady until only the thick, round ridge-poles of our thatched roofs could be seen." Born and raised in a northern province of Japan, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto came from a family of high-ranking samurai officials. Originally prepared to live as a priestess, Etsu became the center of her father's attention when her brother eloped and left for America. No longer financially stable, Sugimoto's father depended on his children to secure their family's future. Soon, he arranged for his daughter to marry a successful merchant living in Ohio, sending her to Tokyo to study at a Methodist school. Then, she made the journey across the ocean to start a new life in America.

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À propos de l'auteur

Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto (1874-1950) was a Japanese American novelist and autobiographer. Born in Echigo Province, Japan, she was the daughter of a once-prominent samurai whose fortunes turned with the end of the feudal era. After preparing for most of her youth to serve as a priestess, she was arranged to be married to a merchant living in Ohio. After studying at a Methodist school in Tokyo, she made the journey to the United States in 1898 to be married. Sugimoto returned to Japan following her husband's death to complete her daughters' education. She later moved to New York City, where she taught Japanese language and literature at Columbia University and published several novels and autobiographical works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mint Editions
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 151329072X
• ISBN 13: 9781513290720
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible