Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto (1874–1950) was a Japanese author, educator, and cultural ambassador whose writings introduced readers around the world to the traditions, values, and everyday life of Japan during a period of profound social change. Best known for her acclaimed autobiography A Daughter of the Samurai (1925), she became one of the earliest Japanese women to share an intimate, first-hand account of her country's...