NEW - Written near the end of Sadako Sawamura's remarkable life, My Asakusa is a charming collection of autobiographical essays by a truly self-made woman. Recalling Japan at a time of great political turmoil and rapid culture change, Sawamura shares with us her vignette of growing up in Asakusa - one of the last of the old downtown Shitamachi neighborhoods of incessantly modernizing Tokyo - and her keen insight into the characters of those who populated her world. 269 pages including a glossary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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