Group Media & Photos

Kiyoshi Ito, wooden platter with three heart-motif sections, carved in Honouliuli Internment Camp, ca. 1943. JCCH/Ito Family Collection.

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Kiyoshi Ito, leaf motif serving bowl with five sections (front), carved in Honouliuli Internment Camp, ca. 1943. JCCH/Ito Family Collection.

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Kiyoshi Ito, leaf motif serving bowl with five sections (back), carved in Honouliuli Internment Camp, ca. 1943. JCCH/Ito Family Collection.

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Kiyoshi Ito, five-sectioned serving tray, monkeypod wood, carved in Honouliuli Internment Camp, ca. 1943. JCCH/Kiyoshi Ito Collection.

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強制収容所の場所

Arrested: December 1942

Sand Island Internment Camp, Honolulu, Oahu Island

Honouliuli Internment Camp, Oahu Island

Paroled: June 1944

Kiyoshi Ito was a Kibei Nisei, born in Honolulu and formally educated in Japan. His wife, the former Hisaye Ishimoto, also was a Kibei Nisei.  

During his incarceration, Kiyoshi Ito spent much of his time engaged in woodworking. He made the items that you see here at the Honouliuli Internment Camp.