Project Gutenberg 2023-05-15 Public domain in the USA. 310 Sugimoto, Etsuko 1873 1950 Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, Etsuko Inagaki 杉本鉞子 A daughter of the Samurai $aUnited States :$bDoubleday, Page & Company, $c1925. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Daughter_of_the_Samurai Emmanuel Ackerman, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "A Daughter of the Samurai" by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto is a memoir, likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative recounts the author's experiences growing up as a girl in a traditional samurai family in Japan, as well as her journey to America, highlighting the cultural contrasts between her Japanese heritage and her new life. The book offers insights into the customs and societal norms of feudal Japan, particularly focusing on the challenges and transformations faced by women during this time. The opening of the memoir sets the stage for Sugimoto's reflections on her childhood winters in Echigo, where she experienced long snowfall, family traditions, and preparations for the harsh winter months. It captures the warmth and complexity of her home life, detailing interactions with family members and the household staff, revealing its close-knit nature. As the narrative progresses, the author introduces her family's history and the weight of samurai legacy, hinting at both the nostalgia for the past and the changes brought by modernization. The beginning paints a vivid picture of Sugimoto's upbringing, inviting readers to explore the intersection of her identity as a samurai and her evolving understanding of the world as she transitions into American society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.53425&view=1up&seq=9 20210102110348sugimoto 1925 us Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Autobiographies Japan -- Social life and customs Immigrants -- United States -- Biography Sugimoto, Etsuko, 1873-1950 Japanese -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography Women -- Japan -- Biography DS Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Other 616507 2025-06-28T06:03:58.810495 text/html 625971 2023-09-23T17:10:20 text/html 376882 2025-06-28T06:04:06.232439 application/epub+zip 384792 2025-06-28T06:03:59.973499 application/epub+zip 299329 2025-06-28T06:03:59.378495 application/epub+zip 561953 2025-06-28T06:04:11.012443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520993 2025-06-28T06:04:05.606452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567870 2025-06-28T06:03:57.893523 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 567647 2023-09-23T17:10:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19880 2025-06-28T06:04:11.150404 application/rdf+xml 14580 2025-06-28T06:03:59.483463 image/jpeg 2480 2025-06-28T06:03:59.431456 image/jpeg 223850 2023-09-23T17:10:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 360192 2023-09-23T17:10:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 356352 2025-06-28T06:03:58.863480 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia