Chapter I: Front Matter

A DAUGHTER OF THE SAMURAI

BY ETSU INAGAKI SUGIMOTO INSTRUCTOR IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND HISTORY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

_How a daughter of feudal Japan, living hundreds of years in one generation, became a modern American_

FRONTISPIECE BY ICHIRO HORI

_SPECIAL EDITION_

PUBLISHED BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE _&_ COMPANY FOR JAPAN SOCIETY 36 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK CITY

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Much of the material of this book originally appeared in _Asia_ but has been thoroughly revised for book publication.

COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

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

ILLUSTRATIONS

Madame Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

My greatest pleasure was going to the temple with Mother 42