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American Jap Girl: A Samurai Daughter's Ikigai-From Incarceration to Legacy
Incarceration to Inspiration: Ikigai Legacy of an American Jap GirlIn 1925, three-year-old Tome, one of nine children,...
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Incarceration to Inspiration: Ikigai Legacy of an American Jap Girl
In 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."
When 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.
American Jap Girl, 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.
Author: Richard Y. Okumoto
Publisher: Digital Lifestory Press
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781971076010
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2026
Booklist 06/01/2026
About the Author
Okumoto, Richard Y.: - Dr. Richard Y. Okumoto is a Sansei author and PhD qualitative researcher who reconstructed his mother's voice from journals and memory to write her posthumous memoir. A whistleblower, black-belt martial artist, and former Silicon Valley C-suite executive, he writes with Bushido discipline about resilience, truth, and cultural identity. American Jap Girl is his first book.
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