A daughter of the Samurai

by Etsuko Sugimoto

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	[1]
[II.]	Curly Hair	[11]
[III.]	Days of Kan	[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 Education	[107]
[XIII.]	Foreigners	[118]
[XIV.]	Lessons	[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]
[XXXI.]	Worthless Treasures	[301]
[XXXII.]	The Black Ships	[311]