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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.]]
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.
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==References==
*Stacy Kamehiro, ''The Arts of Kingship'', University of Hawaii Press (2009), 35-36.
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', Cambridge University Press (2012), 246-247.
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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.
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==References==
*Stacy Kamehiro, ''The Arts of Kingship'', University of Hawaii Press (2009), 35-36.
*Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', Cambridge University Press (2012), 246-247.
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
