Someone mentioned this community and I had to come check it out - and I had to come check if she was here.

I stumbled across her book by chance a few years ago, and ended up with a mild obsession with her - I've tracked down (although not read) her other books, and I've also acquired (and read) her daughter Chiyono's two memoirs, just for hints of more of their later life.

I'm really due a reread of A Daughter of the Samurai, now I think of it.