Kanichi Yamamoto (1879–1961) was the first Japanese
Baháʼí. He joined the religion in 1902. Some of his children also decided to join the
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the ...
. Of Yamamoto, who heard of the
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the ...
in
Honolulu
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, ʻAbdu'l-Baha said,
"thou...art the single one of Japan and the unique one of the extreme Orient."[ʻAbdu'l-Baha, ''Tablets of ʻAbdu'l-Baha Abbas'', III, 714]
Yamamoto remained a staunch and ardent Baha'i until his death in 1961.
See also
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Baháʼí Faith in Japan
The Baháʼí Faith in Japan begins after a few mentions of the country by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá first in 1875. Japanese contact with the religion came from the West when was living in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1902 converted; the second being .
In 1914 two ...
References
Japan Will Turn Ablaze!
Prepared by Dr. Ahmadi
Memories of ʹAbduʹl-Bahá: recollections of the early days of the Baháʹí faith in California
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Japanese Bahá'ís
1879 births
1961 deaths
Converts to the Bahá'í Faith
20th-century Bahá'ís