Kitajima, Shoyu

Buddhist ministers from Hawaii. Santa Fe Internment Camp, ca. 1943. Bottom Row (L-R): Daishin Ikejiri, Kogan Yoshizumi, Zenkai Kokuzo, Ninryo Nago, Yoshio Kitajima, Nozaki (not from Hawaii), Shunjo Shiratori, Teizen Imamura. Middle Row: Tetsuo Tanaka, Ikeda, Shoyu Kitajima, Shuzui Hino, Taigaku Ueshima, Gijo Ozawa, Ryuko Tachibana, Gyokuei Matsuura. Top Row: Kenko Yamashita (not from Hawaii), [Mitsuomi] Yamane, Kozan Nishizawa, Tetsuei Katoda, Ryudo Kubota, [Tessui] Hanada, Koetsu Morita. JCCH/Joan Oya Collection.

Internees from Kauai. Santa Fe Camp Internment Camp. Bottom row, kneeling and seated (L-R): Shinjiro Matayoshi (1st), Kenji Yoshiura (2nd), Ryozo Izutsu (3rd), Kaetsu Furuya (4th), Yukiyasu Sodetani (5th), Koshi Tatsuhara (6th), Tsuruzo Hasegawa (7th), Rev. Hironori Nishii (9th, on chair). 2nd Row, seated: Mankichi Miura (2nd, without tie), Takeo Seike (3rd), Kameo Tahara, Rev. Kakichi Okamoto (5th), Rev. Hiseki Miyasaki (6th), Rev. Ichiro Uyeda (7th), Yozaemon Yamamoto (8th), Zenzo Kisada (9th), Masaji Toyofuku (10th/4th fr R), Chiyomatsu Hamamura (11th/3rd fr R), Kazuto Yokota (13th/1st fr R). 3rd Row: Zenkichi Morita (1st), Sukenoshin Nakano (2nd), Kazuto Taketa (3rd), Rev. Shoyu Kitajima (4th), Rev. Gijo Ozawa (5th), Rev. Chiko Odate (6th), Rev. Kakuho Asaoka (7th, wearing hat), Isuke Horikawa (8th/3rd fr R), Enichi Saiki (9th/2nd fr R), Kyoichi Uyeda (10th/1st fr R). Top Row: Kyushichi Hayashi (2nd), Kenichi Hataishi (4th), Rev. Kyojo Naitoh (5th), Kokichi Tsuji (6th), Katsutaro Yamasaki (7th), Meijiro Hayashi (8th/3rd fr R), Sunao Fujii (9th/2nd fr R), Isamu Ueoka (10th/1st fr R). JCCH/Sunao Fujii Archival Collection.

Santa Fe Internment Camp, ca. 1944. Left Row 1 (L-R): Takejiro Nakagawa (1st), Yasutaro Soga (2nd). Right Row 1 (L-R): Rev. Shoyu Kitajima (1st). Row 2: Yoshio Koike (1st), Yuichi Nakamura (2nd), Nekketsu Takei (4th); Row 3: Rev. Gijo Ozawa (2nd, glasses). Center, back, in front of altar: Rev. Kyodo Fujihana (seated), Rev. Ninryo Nago (standing, beard). JCCH/ Anonymous donor.

Tennis club at Santa Fe Internment Camp. Front row (L-R): Genpachi Tsushima (2nd), Shoyu Kitajima (5th). Back row: Tsuruzo Hasegawa (3rd from L), Gyokuei Matsuura (2nd from R). JCCH/Matsumoto-Tsushima Family Collection.