Sansei (三世, "third generation") is a Japanese and North American English term[1] used in parts of the world (mainly in South America and North America) to refer to the children of children born to ethnically Japanese emigrants (Issei) in a new country of residence, outside of Japan. The nisei are considered the second generation, while grandchildren of the Japanese-born emigrants are called Sansei. The fourth generation is referred to as yonsei.[2] The children of at least one nisei parent are called Sansei; they are usually the first generation of whom a high percentage are mixed-race, given that their parents were (usually), themselves, born and raised in America.[3]
The character and uniqueness of the sansei is recognized in its social history.[4]
- ^ "Definition of SANSEI". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ In Japanese counting, "one, two, three, four" is "ichi, ni, san, yon"—see Japanese numerals
- ^ Nomura, Gail M. (1998). "Japanese American Women," in The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History (Mankiller, Barbara Smith, ed.), pp. 288-290., p. 288, at Google Books
- ^ Numrich, Paul David. (2008). North American Buddhists in Social Context, p. 110.