JASA: 1/13/16 Janice P. Nimura Lecture 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 - 6:00PM 

LECTURE: Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back

Join us for a talk by noted author, Janice P. Nimura, on how she found her way to this story, its historical background, the selections of the young women, their journey, their childhoods in Georgetown and New Haven, their educations at Vassar and Bryn Mawr, the challenges they faced when uprooted once again and returned to Japan, and the eventual triumph of founding Tsuda College.

Two years after graduating from Yale, Janice P. Nimura moved from her native Manhattan to her new husband's native Tokyo. Over the course of three years in Japan-where she worked as an editor and wrote for English-language newspapers-she became both proficient in Japanese and comfortable in her un-dreamed-of role as daughter-in-law to a Japanese family.

Upon returning to New York she earned a master's degree in East Asian studies at Columbia with a focus on 19th-century Japanese history, and continued to work as an editor and writer, contributing book reviews to newspapers, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Newsday. Nimura lives in New York with her husband and two children.

Reservations required, if you would like to attend please click the "Register Now" button below, or contact Christy Laidlaw via email japaneseartsoc@yahoo.com or phone (917) 658-3955. (917) 658-3955.