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My Asakusa coming of age in pre-war Tokyo

Written near the end of Sadako Sawamura's remarkable life, My Asakusa (Watashi co Asakusa) is a charming collection of autobiographical essays by a truly self-made woman. Recalling Japan at a time of great political turmoil and rapid cultural change, Sawamura shares with us her vignettes of growing up in Asakusa & mdash;one of the last of the old downtown Shitamachi neighborhoods of incessantly modernizing Tokyo & mdash;and her keen insight into the characters of those who populated her world.

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