noun
picture bride
Historical term for a woman who immigrated to marry a man she knew only through photographs and correspondence, especially in early 20th-century Japanese diaspora communities.
写真花嫁としてアメリカに渡った女性たちの歴史が研究されている。
The history of women who went to America as picture brides is being studied.
Compound of 写真 (photograph) and 花嫁 (bride), referring to the practice of arranged marriages facilitated by exchanging photographs.