Group Media & Photos

Reverend Kenju Ohtomo. JCCH/Nippu Jiji Collection.

Buddhist priests from Hawaii. Santa Fe Internment Camp, April 1944. Bottom row (L-R): Rev. Kogan Yoshizumi, Rev. Hozui Nakayama, Rev. Shinri Sarashina, Rev. Enryo Shigefuji (Fresno, Calif.), Bishop Ninryo Nago, Rev. Chikyoku Kikuchi, Rev. Shutetsu Uyenoyama, Rev. Konin Matano, Rev. Yutetsu Matsui, unknown, unknown, Rev. Doro Kanda. Middle row (L-R): Rev. Dojin Ochi (Los Angeles), Rev. Ryuko Tachibana (Los Angeles, formerly of Hawaii), Rev. Daishin Ikejiri, Rev. Gendo Okawa, Rev. Suijo Kabashima, Rev. Tenran Mori, unknown, Rev. Ryuten Kashiwa, Rev. Josen Deme, Rev. Hakuai Oda, Rev. Taizen Imamura, Rev. Hosho Kurohira, Rev. Shunjo Shiratori, Rev. Bunpo Kuwatsuki (Los Angeles), unknown, Rev. Shodo Kawamura. Top row (L-R): Rev. Zenkai Tatsuguchi, Rev. Jikai Yamasato, Rev. Kenryu Hasegawa, unknown, Rev. Kenju Ohtomo, unknown, Rev. Gikyo Kuchiba, Zenko Saigusa, Rev. Kodo Fujitani, Rev. Kenjo Ohara, Rev. Giko Abiko (Calif.), Rev. Nisshu Kobayashi, unknown. JCCH/Rev. Hakuai Oda Collection.

Medical group, Santa Fe Internment Camp, 1945. Inset: Kenju Ohtomo, far left, is #45 in legend on back of photo. JCCH/Usaburo Katamoto Archival Collection.

Identification on back of photo of medical group at Santa Fe Internment Camp, 1945. JCCH/Usaburo Katamoto Archival Collection.

Signatures on back of photo of medical group at Santa Fe Internment Camp, 1945. JCCH/Usaburo Katamoto Archival Collection.
Internment Locations
Arrested: June 1943
Honouliuli Internment Camp, Oahu Island
This internee was among 29 Issei men who were sent on the tenth transfer ship for internment on the Mainland. Some were later paroled to War Relocation Authority camps to reunite with family.
Sharp Park Detention Station, California
December 1943 - January 1944
Santa Fe Internment Camp, New Mexico
January 1944 - December 1945
Returned to Hawaii: December 1945
Arrived in Honolulu with about 775 other internees aboard the military troopship the Shawnee.