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*''Japanese'': [[今村]]恵猛 ''(Imamura E-myou)''  

*''Japanese'': [[今村]]恵猛 ''(Imamura E-myou)''  

Imamura Emyô was one of the first Buddhist priests to help establish [[Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii]]. A priest of the [[Jodo Shinshu|Jôdo Shinshû]] sect, he arrived in Hawaii in [[1899]], taking over the [[Honpa Hongwanji Mission]] established the previous year by Satomi Hôni. This was the first Japanese Buddhist temple established in Hawaii.

Imamura Emyô was one of the first Buddhist priests to help establish [[Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii]]. A priest of the [[Jodo Shinshu|Jôdo Shinshû]] sect originally from [[Fukui prefecture]], he arrived in Hawaii in [[1899]], taking over the [[Honpa Hongwanji Mission]] established the previous year by Satomi Hôni. This was the first Japanese Buddhist temple established in Hawaii.

Imamura played a prominent role in fostering the Japanese Buddhist community in Honolulu, but also reached out to the non-Japanese community, in English, in order to encourage others to join the congregation.

Imamura played a prominent role in fostering the Japanese Buddhist community in Honolulu, but also reached out to the non-Japanese community, in English, in order to encourage others to join the congregation.

==References==

==References==

*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 106.

*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 106, 112.

[[Category:Religious Figures]]

[[Category:Religious Figures]]

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Meiji Period]]