The Picture Bride-Chapter 1"Father…are you certain about this?" The young boy looked up at his father with wide, frightened eyes. He had never really known his mother, the woman who birthed him. In fact, his whole life, he had been cared for by his sister. To be the child or grandchild of a former daimiyo in the Meiji era…well, there were no longer such titles for men like his grandfather who had been loyal to a government that turned its back on her most loyal supporters; taking back the land they had been given. Granted, all that had happened years before Kohaku or even his sister had been born, butThe Picture Bride-Chapter 1
The Picture Bride-ANAN: This story takes place in a true period in Asian-American history. When the Hawaiian islands were first pulled into yankee commerce, the need for workers rose dramatically. Many of the workers were young men who made their way to America to seek their fortune, like the Chinese before them. During this time, however, there was a custom that if one of these young men should desire a wife, he couldn't just go and find a Japanese girl…it was rare that many even came to the islands. So, the practice of "picture brides" came about. Men would save enough money to have a matchmakerThe Picture Bride-AN
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