Kanichi Yamamoto
First Japanese Baha'i
About Kanichi Yamamoto
Lived 1879 – 1961 (aged 81–82).
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. 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."
Yamamoto remained a staunch and ardent Baha'i until his death in 1961.
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Who was Kanichi Yamamoto?
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Kanichi Yamamoto was born in 1879.
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Kanichi Yamamoto died in 1961.
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