Okina Kyūin and the politics of early Japanese immigration to the United States, 1868-1924
By: Ikuko Torimoto ; foreword by Wayne Patterson
Contributors: Patterson, Wayne, 1946- writer of foreword
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781476664330
Subjects: Immigrants' writings, Japanese; Biography; History and criticism; Japanese Authors; Relations; Japanese
Description: "At the port of Yokohama in 1907, Okina Kyūin boarded the steamship Kaga Maru, bound for America. His vivid articles and stories established him as an essential voice among Japanese immigrants. This book examines Okina's life on the American West Coast in the context of U.S.-Japanese diplomatic relations between 1868 and 1924"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.