Query: I have a student interested in researching Japanese arranged marriages of the type depicted in the recent film "Picture Bride". Does anyone know of any published work in this area? 26 Mar 1996
Responses:
Glenn, Evelyn Nakano; Issei, Nisei, Warbride: Three Generations of Japanese American Women in Domestic Service Temple U. Press, 1986
Ichioka, Yuji; "Amerika Nadeshiko: Japanese Immigrant Women in the United States, 1900-1924", in Pacific Historical Review 49 (May 1980): 339-357
Kikumura,Akemi: Through Harsh Winters, The Life of a Japanese Immigrant Woman; Chandler & Sharp Pub.Inc, 1981
Shikibu, Murasaki; The Tale of the Genji; Random House Vintage Classics, 1990
Stone, Monica; Nisei Daughter; U of Washington Press, 1953
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