Samurai And Silk: A Japanese And American Heritage
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Born at the crossroads of two worlds, Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage is a sweeping dual biography that chronicles the remarkable lives of two extraordinary men — Matsukata Masayoshi, a towering architect of modern Japan, and Yamaichi Kashiro, a pioneering silk merchant who helped weave Japan into the fabric of global commerce. Haru Matsukata Reischauer draws on deep personal and historical knowledge to reconstruct these intertwined legacies across the Meiji era's seismic transformation, presenting a vivid portrait of a nation remaking itself in the image of modernity while fiercely guarding its ancient soul. Written with the grace of an insider and the precision of a scholar, this memoir-biography sits at the confluence of East and West, illuminating the cultural and familial threads that shaped Reischauer's own identity as a Japanese woman married to America's most distinguished ambassador to Japan. The narrative argues that history is not merely made by governments and treaties, but by families — their ambitions, sacrifices, and stories passed down through generations. For anyone captivated by the interplay between tradition and transformation, this is a book that refuses to let its final page feel like an ending.
Author: Haru Matsukata Reischauer
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Born at the crossroads of two worlds, Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage is a sweeping dual biography that chronicles the remarkable lives of two extraordinary men — Matsukata Masayoshi, a towering architect of modern Japan, and Yamaichi Kashiro, a pioneering silk merchant who helped weave Japan into the fabric of global commerce. Haru Matsukata Reischauer draws on deep personal and historical knowledge to reconstruct these intertwined legacies across the Meiji era's seismic transformation, presenting a vivid portrait of a nation remaking itself in the image of modernity while fiercely guarding its ancient soul. Written with the grace of an insider and the precision of a scholar, this memoir-biography sits at the confluence of East and West, illuminating the cultural and familial threads that shaped Reischauer's own identity as a Japanese woman married to America's most distinguished ambassador to Japan. The narrative argues that history is not merely made by governments and treaties, but by families — their ambitions, sacrifices, and stories passed down through generations. For anyone captivated by the interplay between tradition and transformation, this is a book that refuses to let its final page feel like an ending.