![]() ![]() Namioka also wrote a series of books about a Chinese American family named Yang, and several books about young women and girls facing difficult choices. Namioka expanded this book into a whole series of books about samurai. This study culminated in The Samurai and the Long-nosed Devils, which was published in 1976. The experience inspired her to learn more about the samurai. In the 1970s, on a visit to Japan, Namioka visited Namioka Castle. ![]() The family moved to Seattle in 1963, when Isaac Namioka accepted a position at the University of Washington. ![]() In 1959, the Namiokas' first daughter Aki was born, followed by a second daughter Michi, who was born in 1961. The Namiokas moved to Ithaca, New York, where Isaac Namioka taught at Cornell University, and Lensey Namioka taught at Wells College. Here she met and married Isaac Namioka, a fellow graduate student in mathematics. Namioka attended University of California, Berkeley, where her father was a professor of Asian Studies. Namioka attended grade school in Cambridge and excelled at mathematics. They eventually made their way to Hawaii, then Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1937, the Chaos were living in Nanjing, and fled westward in the face of the Japanese Invasion. Namioka was born in Beijing, the daughter of linguist Yuenren Chao and physician Buwei Yang Chao. ![]()
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