Umekichi Asahina
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchUmekichi Asahina was among the first boatloads of Japanese immigrants to Hawaii, arriving in the islands in 1885. He went on to become the first Japanese dentist to operate in the islands, and was active in kendô and kyûdô, founding a kendô club in the islands in 1902.
References
- Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924, Bishop Museum (1985), 118.
