Daughters of the Samurai - A Journey from East to West and Back - Janice P. Nimura blhhgf struggling scholar - falls in

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Daughters of the Samurai - A Journey from East to West and Back - Janice P. Nimura blhhgf struggling scholar - falls inIn 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the turmoil of civil war, three of these unusual ambassadors Sutematsu Yamakawa, Shige Nagai, and Ume Tsuda grew up as typical American schoolgirls. Upon their arrival in San Francisco they became celebrities,