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Listening Length: 10 hours and 21 minutes

Program Type: Audiobook

Version: Unabridged

Publisher: Audible Studios

Audible.com Release Date: July 31, 2015

Language: English, English

ASIN: B0136E4F7K

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“A hundred years before ‘globalization’ and ‘multiculturalism’ became the goals of every corporation and curriculum, three Japanese girls spanned the globe and became fluent in two worlds at once—other to everyone except each other.”—Janice P. Nimura, Author’s Notes—location 6132I don’t dare begin raving about this book for fear I won’t be able to stop. I loved it. Interesting, engaging, and illuminating; it’s now one of my all time favorite reads. Can I give it six stars?Let me begin by lifting a quote from the goodreads/publisher’s synopsis that absolutely nails it for me: “…Daughters of the Samurai is beautifully, cinematically written, a fascinating lens through which to view an extraordinary historical moment.”Born a samurai, raised an American teenager, she died a Japanese princess. Sutematsu Yamakawa was born in 1860, in feudal Japan, into a family of the samurai class who were soon to find themselves on the losing side in Japan’s transformational, civil upheaval. [Emperor replaces Shogun, samurai class diminished/eliminated, liberalization/reform reigns (at least for a little while).] She would grow up to become the first ever Japanese female to attain a four-year college degree: A graduate of Vassar College, class of 1882.Less than thirty years after Perry’s gunboat diplomacy had proffered our pacific overture for open trade to Japan.DAUGHTERS OF THE SAMURAI: A Journey from East to West and Back, by Janice P. Nimura, is largely Sutematsu’s story; the story of two other girls of Japan, Shige Nagai and Ume Tsuda, who also spent the years 1872-1882 in America, learning the ways and whyfors of the hairy barbarians; and so much, and some many, more. A story of a society, of a world, in major transition; and of three leading, albeit softer, lights in that transition. And it is an indescribably amazing read.Recommendation: Read it now.“Learn as if you will live forever; live as if you will die tomorrow.”—location 1823Kindle edition, 336 pages/6,142 locations.

As someone who has had a lifetime interest in the Asian martial arts, (Judo, Jujitsu, Karate-Do, Kendo, and Kenjutsu) cultural/educational arts (Haiku, Senryu and Tanka poetry) and historical aspects of Japan I am always seeking unusual and unique books on these topics. I actually purchased this book on Amazon for a bargain price (Daughters of the Samurai: A journey from East to West and back by Janice P. Nimura) because my wife wanted to read it. After she read the book she suggested that I read the book because of my interest in Japanese and American history. This wonderful and highly informative historical tale tells the story of early Japan (1871) and how they sent men and women to America to learn our language and other educational topics in our schools (Grade, high school and college programs). It was a time of great struggle for Japan who was trying to change from a feudal country to a modern society. The turmoil was between the traditional Japanese cultural system promoted by the Samurai class to the modern western approach to modernization in Japan. This conflict led to many battles in the country.This is a story about three amazing girls sent by the Japanese government to America in 1871. These three girls came from the traditional Samurai families. This book chronicles the ten years they stayed in America learning English and other subjects and their return to Japan to become teachers (Sensei) focusing on the women’s education. In the past, Japanese woman’s role was limited to taking care of the home and children. Though I had read numerous historical books in the past on Japan this unique book covered areas I never had read bout in the other books.This is a well written book that also has many photographs of the Japanese men and women who this book is all about. Anyone interested in the history of Japan and the early American educational system will enjoy reading this book.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Zen Poetry Moments: Haiku and Senryu for special occasions).

Janice P. Nimura’s wonderful book opens in 1871 with the empress of Japan dispatching three clueless girls - Sutematsu Yamakawa, age eleven; Shige Nagai, ten; and Ume Tsuda, six - to the United States. Their task was an almost impossible one: to learn the ways of the West so that their knowledge could be passed on to other Japanese women. Their journey lasted ten years.Nimura paints vivid portraits of each of the girls - the smart, overachiever Sutematsu, the arty Shige, the spoiled Ume. Two of the three end up at Vassar, with Sutematsu becoming the first Japanese woman to earn a American college degree.But back in Japan, they found a world turned upside down.“They were each of them, purebred daughters of the samurai,” the author writes, “they became hybrid by nurture,” not at home in America or their native Japan.“I cannot tell you how I feel,” Sutematsu said upon stepping foot in her native country, “but I should like to give one good scream.”Highly recommended.

This is a slice of history unlike any other I have read. As Japan wrenched itself violently out of its medieval structure, five girls aged 7 to 12 were sent to the United States to live for a decade in which they were to become fluent both in English and western ways and then to return home to teach what they had learned to women in Japan. Given the almost random method of their selection, it is amazing just how well three of them succeeded, both here in the U.S. and then back in the still very tradition-bound Japan. An enjoyable and fascinating read.

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