Kanichi Yamamoto Explained

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.^[1] Of Yamamoto, who heard of the Baháʼí Faith in Honolulu, ʻAbdu'l-Baha said,

"thou...art the single one of Japan and the unique one of the extreme Orient."^[2]

Yamamoto remained a staunch and ardent Baha'i until his death in 1961.

See also

• Baháʼí Faith in Japan

References

• Japan Will Turn Ablaze!
• Traces that Remain
• Major events of the Century of Light Prepared by Dr. Ahmadi
• Memories of ʹAbduʹl-Bahá: recollections of the early days of the Baháʹí faith in California

Notes and References

1. Memories of ʻAbdu'l-Baha, p. 5
2. ʻAbdu'l-Baha, Tablets of ʻAbdu'l-Baha Abbas, III, 714