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Yoko Kawashima Watkins was born in Japan in 1933. Her family lived in Manchuria, a region in northern china where her father was stationed as a Japanese government official. This region of China had been under Japanese control since 1931. The family later moved to Nanam in northern Korea, where her father was overseeing Japanese political interests. Japan had taken control of Korea in 1910. Although the family lived in Korea, they followed many Japanese traditions.

Yoko, her brother Hideyo, and her sister Ko practiced calligraphy, the art of serving and receiving tea, and classic Japanese dance. Yoko’s family lived very comfortably in Korea until July of 1945, when it became clear that Japan was losing WW2. Yoko, her sister, and her mother...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 1,217 ratings · 259 reviews · 6 distinct works

	So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Jean Fritz (Foreword by) 3.94 avg rating — 1,045 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	My rating:
	My Brother, My Sister, and I 3.96 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Tales from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Jean Tseng (Illustrator), Mou-Sien Tseng (Illustrator) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	My Brother, My Sister, and I 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	So Far from the Bamboo Grove Lesson plans by Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Lori Mammen 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	So Far From The Bamboo Grove: And Related Readings 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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