{"title":"Richard Y. Okumoto","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"american-jap-girl-a-samurai-daughters-ikigai-from-incarceration-to-legacy-paperback","title":"American Jap Girl: A Samurai Daughter's Ikigai-From Incarceration to Legacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncarceration to Inspiration: Ikigai Legacy of an American Jap Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1925, three-year-old Tome, one of nine children, is abandoned by her birth parents. Raised by a foster family who instill in her the Bushido code of honor and perseverance, she grows up believing she's an all-American girl-until America brands her a \"Jap.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Executive Order 9066 uproots her family and confines them behind barbed wire, Tome endures injustice with quiet strength, guided by her purpose: her ikigai. Through war, poverty, and personal tragedy, including a desperate moment of near suicide-halted by her young son Richard's cry, \"No, Mommy, no!\"-she transforms pain into determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Jap Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, told in Tome's posthumous voice and reconstructed from family journals, reclaims a racial slur as a symbol of resilience and belonging. Spanning from the Great Depression to the rise of postwar California, Tome's story is a testament to one woman's defiance against the myth of inferiority and her transformation of suffering into legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51308588826847,"sku":"9781971076010","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/m67haBikoe9781971076010.webp?v=1788249116"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/richard-y-okumoto.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}