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Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan's First Vassar Graduate is a biography of Ōyama Sutematsu, written by her great-granddaughter Akiko Kuno. It was first published in Japan as Rokumeikan no kifujin Ōyama Sutematsu: Nihon hatsu no joshi ryūgakusei (The Lady of the Rokumeikan, Ōyama Sutematsu: Japan’s First Female Study Abroad Student), and the Japanese edition was a bestseller. An English edition translated by Kirsten McIvor was published in 1993. The Japanese edition was published by Chūō kōronsha, and the English edition by Kodansha International. Kuno based the biography primarily on forty letters written by Ōyama to Alice Bacon.

Development

Akiko Kuno began to research her great-grandmother's life in 1980. A friend, Nucy Meech, was interested in the first Japanese woman to graduate from an American university; on learning that it was Kuno's own relative, Meech contacted Vassar College for more information, and Vassar's office of Alumni and Alumnae of Vassar College (AAVC) sent Kuno several newspaper articles about Ōyama.

References

1. ^ W., G. (1 September 1993). "She Was A First for Japan". Vassar Quarterly. LXXXIX (4): 33.
2. ^ Doan, Natalia (2024-08-29). "The Iwakura Mission: Networks, Knowledge, and National Identity". Journal of American-East Asian Relations. 31 (3): 225–235. doi:10.1163/18765610-31030002. ISSN 1058-3947.
3. "Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan's First Vassar Graduate by Akiko Kuno". www.publishersweekly.com. 1993-08-02. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
4. Kuno, Akiko (1993). Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan's First Vassar Graduate. Kodansha International. pp. 14–15.