A DAUGHTER OF THE SAMURAI
Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.
of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan
with editorial offices at
Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032
©1966 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
All rights reserved
First Tuttle edition, 1966
First Tuttle paperback edition, 1990
Third printing, 1993
LCC Card No. 66-15849
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0367-2 (ebook)
Printed in Japan
WITH RESPECT AND LOVE AND DEEPEST GRATITUDE
I DEDICATE THESE SACRED MEMORIES
TO
MY TWO MOTHERS
WHOSE LIVES AND ENVIRONMENTS WERE FAR APART,
YET WHOSE HEARTS MET IN MINE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
TO
NANCY VIRGINIA AUSTEN
Whose pleasant friendship, energetic spirit, and practical knowledge encouraged me to believe that a little Etsu-bo, with a heart full of love for old Japan, could gather the falling fragments of samurai spirit and weave them into a fragrant chain for the readers of to-day.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | WINTERS IN ECHIGO | i |
| II. | CURLY HAIR | ii |
| III. | DAYS OF KHAN | 17 |
| IV. | THE OLD AND THE NEW | 25 |
| V. | FALLING LEAVES | 33 |
| VI. | A SUNNY NEW YEAR | 42 |
| VII. | THE WEDDING THAT NEVER WAS | 53 |
| VIII. | TWO VENTURES | 61 |
| IX. | THE STORY OF A MARIONETTE | 73 |
| X. | THE DAY OF THE BIRD | 87 |
| XI. | MY FIRST JOURNEY | 98 |
| XII. | TRAVEL ADUCATION | 107 |
| XIII. | FOREIGNERS | 118 |
| XIV. | LESSIONS | 127 |
| XV. | HOW I BECAME A CHRISTIAN | 137 |
| XVI. | SAILING UNKNOWN SEAS | 148 |
| XVII. | FIRST IMPRESSIONS | 160 |
| XVIII. | STRANGE CUSTOMS | 175 |
| XIX. | THINKING | 187 |
| XX. | NEIGHBOURS | 196 |
| XXI. | NEW EXPERIENCES | 206 |
| XXII. | FLOWER IN A STRANGE LAND | 221 |
| XXIII. | CHIYO | 230 |
| XXIV. | IN JAPAN AGAIN | 242 |
| XXV. | OUR TOKYO HOME | 246 |
| XXVI. | TRAGIC TRIFLES | 254 |
| XXVII. | HONOURABLE GRANDMOTHER | 262 |
| XXVIII. | SISTER'S VISIT | 273 |
| XXIX. | A LADY OF OLD JAPAN | 280 |
| XXX. | THE WHITE COW | 289 |
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