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[[File:Hakuole and Kapena.jpg|right|thumb|250px|John Kapena (seated, right), along with [[Isaac Harbottle]] (middle, standing) and his younger brother James (middle,seated), in San Francisco, as they prepare to depart for Japan, 1882.]]

[[File:Hakuole and Kapena.jpg|right|thumb|250px|John Kapena (seated, right), along with [[Isaac Harbottle]] (middle, standing) and his younger brother James (middle,seated), in San Francisco, as they prepare to depart for Japan, 1882.]]

John Makini Kapena was a Hawaiian noble and marshall of the royal household, who served for a time as ambassador to Japan from the Kingdom of Hawaii. He traveled to Japan especially in [[1882]] to present to the Imperial Household a formal invitation to the coronation of King [[Kalakaua]]; at the coronation, which took place the following year, he performed a formal proclamation of Kalakaua's titles, honors, and genealogical qualifications as the rightful occupant of the Hawaiian throne.

John Makini Kapena was a Hawaiian noble and marshall of the royal household, who served for a time as ambassador to Japan from the Kingdom of Hawaii. He traveled to Japan especially in [[1882]] to engage in negotiations pertaining to [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii]],<ref>Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 28.</ref> and also to present to the Imperial Household a formal invitation to the coronation of King [[Kalakaua]]; at the coronation, which took place the following year, he performed a formal proclamation of Kalakaua's titles, honors, and genealogical qualifications as the rightful occupant of the Hawaiian throne.

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*Stacy Kamehiro, ''The Arts of Kingship'', University of Hawaii Press (2009), 35-36.

*Stacy Kamehiro, ''The Arts of Kingship'', University of Hawaii Press (2009), 35-36.

*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', Cambridge University Press (2012), 246-247.

*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', Cambridge University Press (2012), 246-247.

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