Originally published in October 1906, A Japanese Blossom is the story of a blended Japanese and American family living in a Japanese village. The story focuses on the life of the children as they adjust to life with their new American stepmother and stepsiblings in the context of a Japan that is adjusting to trade with the west while the country is also at war. Onoto Watanna was the pen name of Winnifred Eaton, a British-Chinese author who moved to the United States and later Canada. Read more