The American Diary of a Japanese Girl

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl

OCLC

15665915

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is the first English-language novel published in the United States by a Japanese writer. Acquired for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Monthly Magazine by editor Ellery Sedgwick in 1901, it appeared in two excerpted installments in November and December of that year with illustrations by Genjiro Yeto. In 1902, it was published in book form by the New York firm of Frederick A. Stokes. Marketed as the authentic diary of an 18-year-old female visitor to the United States named "Miss Morning Glory" (Asagao), it was in actuality the work of Yone Noguchi, who wrote it with the editorial assistance of Blanche Partington and Léonie Gilmour.

Plot

The book describes Morning Glory's preparations, activities and observations as she undertakes her transcontinental American journey with her uncle, a wealthy mining executive. Arriving in San Francisco by

, thus preparing the way for a sequel.

Editions

Noguchi had already written the sequel,

References

1. ISBN 0-19-512741-2
2. ^ "The American Diary of a Japanese Girl | Temple University Press".

External links

• The American diary of a Japanese girl (full text)
• The American Diary of a Japanese Girl public domain audiobook at LibriVox
• Amerasia Journal 37:2 (2011): 2-27. Amerasia Journal 37:2 (2011): 2-27