At the age of six, Ume Tsuda (1864-1929), the daughter of a progressive samurai, was sent on a mission by the Japanese g
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Seedling
2. A Sapling On Foreign Soil
3. A Transplanted Tree
4. A Different Species
5. Among Cherry Trees
6. Still Growing
7. Ground to Share
8. The Plum Orchard
9. "Storm Last Night"
Epilogue: All Those Blossoms A Letter To Miss Tsuda
Notes
Bibliography
Index