Daughters of the Samurai by Janice P. Nimura Summary
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In 1871, Japan sent five young girls to America to learn Western ways. "Daughters of the Samurai" chronicles their extraordinary journey and profound impact on women's education in Japan - a tale Arthur Golden calls "vivid, unforgettable life" that shaped modern Japanese society.
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When Five Girls Changed History
In 1871, five young Japanese girls boarded a steamship bound for America, their silk kimonos fluttering in the Pacific wind. They were leaving behind everything familiar-language, family, food, customs-for a decade-long experiment that would test whether Japanese women could absorb Western learning without losing their souls. The youngest was barely six years old. The oldest were fourteen. None could have imagined they were about to become living bridges between two civilizations at one of history's most pivotal moments. This wasn't just a study-abroad program; it was a radical gamble on the future of half of Japan's population, orchestrated by former samurai warriors who had once despised everything foreign. Their story reveals how education can become revolutionary, how identity can stretch across oceans, and how three young women would ultimately reshape what it meant to be Japanese and female in a rapidly modernizing world.
From Feudal Stability to Revolutionary Chaos
The Radical Proposal and Reluctant Pioneers
Becoming American, Losing Japan
The Return and the Impossible Choice
Building Legacies Through Strategic Compromise
The School That Endured and the Legacy That Transformed a Nation
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