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This is a vividly told story, which provides a strong counterpoint to the view of the period that we get from standard sources ... a smooth and very readable translation, with a useful new introduction and additional notes-- <i>Asian Studies Review</i>

This is a vividly told story, which provides a strong counterpoint to the view of the period that we get from standard sources ... a smooth and very readable translation, with a useful new introduction and additional notes-- Asian Studies Review An important reminder that the Japanese nation-state emerged from a heterogeneous and divided region after years of tense struggle.-- Pacific Affairs [A] masterly translation....An engaging and human-centered account of a crucial period in Japanese history.-- Monumenta Nipponica A remarkably well-conceived text that is gripping, even suspenseful.... It has many revealing things to say about male-female relations, parent-child ties, child-rearing practices, childhood customs, and the importance of hierarchy, patronage, and personal contacts in nineteenth-century Japan.-- Journal of Asian Studies

This is a vividly told story, which provides a strong counterpoint to the view of the period that we get from standard sources ... a smooth and very readable translation, with a useful new introduction and additional notes-- Asian Studies Review

This is a vividly told story, which provides a strong counterpoint to the view of the period that we get from standard sources ... a smooth and very readable translation, with a useful new introduction and additional notes-- Asian Studies Review [A] masterly translation....An engaging and human-centered account of a crucial period in Japanese history.-- Monumenta Nipponica An important reminder that the Japanese nation-state emerged from a heterogeneous and divided region after years of tense struggle.-- Pacific Affairs A remarkably well-conceived text that is gripping, even suspenseful.... It has many revealing things to say about male-female relations, parent-child ties, child-rearing practices, childhood customs, and the importance of hierarchy, patronage, and personal contacts in nineteenth-century Japan.-- Journal of Asian Studies

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Teruko Craig is a senior lecturer emerita in Japanese at Tufts University and associate in research at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University. Her previous translations include Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai(1991) and the Autobiography of Shibusawa Eiichi: From Peasant to Entrepreneur (1994).

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