Born into a high-ranking samurai family at the onset of the Meiji period, Etsu Sugimoto's own life mirrored the radical shifts her country faced. Originally destined to be a priestess, she instead became the arranged bride of a Japanese merchant in Cincinnati, later returning to Japan with her daughters as the nation modernized swiftly.
Chapter 4. The Old and the New
Chapter 7. The Wedding That Never Was
Chapter 9. The Story of a Marionette
Chapter 10. The Day of the Bird
Chapter 15. How I Became a Christian
Chapter 16. Sailing Unknown Seas
Chapter 22. Flower in a Strange Land
Chapter 27. Honorable Grandmother
Chapter 29. A Lady of Old Japan
Chapter 31. Worthless Treasures