Kawazoe, Zenichi

Gin'ushisha (Silver Rain Poetry Society). Hilo, Hawaii Island, 1925. Row 1 (l-r): David (Shugaku) Marutani (1st), Tadasuke (Koryu) Nakabayashi (2nd). Row 2, middle: Minoru (Koran) Murakami. Row 3: Otokichi (Muin) Ozaki (1st), Eikichi (Seiyu) Ochiai (2nd), Haruto (Fuyo) Saito (3rd, patterned tie). Row 4: Zenichi (Kenpu) Kawazoe (center, bow tie). JCCH/Otokichi Ozaki Archival Collection.

Cover page of "Honouliuli no uta" [“Song of Honouliuli”], by Kenpu Kawazoe, handwritten on back of a calendar. Kawazoe wrote this song to tell his family about his internment at Honouliuli. JCCH/Shozo Takahashi Collection.

First verse of "Honouliuli no uta" [“Song of Honouliuli”], by Kenpu Kawazoe, handwritten in Japanese on the back of a calendar. Kawazoe wrote this song to tell his family about his internment at Honouliuli. JCCH/Shozo Takahashi Collection.

Second verse of "Honouliuli no uta" [“Song of Honouliuli”], by Kenpu Kawazoe, handwritten in Japanese on the back of a calendar. Kawazoe wrote this song to tell his family about his internment at Honouliuli. JCCH/Shozo Takahashi Collection.

Zenichi Kenpu Kawazoe, Hawaii Times writer. 1950s. JCCH/Kenpu Kawazoe Collection.