Ozaki was born to Tomoya and Shobu Ozaki in Kochi prefecture, Japan on November 1, 1904.[1] He moved to Hawaii when he was 12, joining his parents who were already living there in Kauleau on the Big Island. He attended Hilo High school. He got a job at the Hawaii Mainichi, a local Japanese language newspaper in 1920. In 1923 he was hired as a teacher by the Hilo Japanese language school.[2] An avid poet, Ozaki was one of the founding members of the Gin-u shisha tanka poetry club in Hilo when it was established in 1923.[3] Ozaki also was a consular agent for the Japanese Consulate General.[4]
When Ozaki returned to Honolulu, where he worked at the Hawaii Times newspaper and joined the local tanka poetry society, the Cho-on Shisha. During his time there, he edited two poetry anthologies, one of which was by Yasutaro Soga.[2] He also did extensive work for a charity in Okinawa, for which he earned the Order of the Sacred Treasure.[2][6]
Honda, Gail (2012). Family torn apart : the internment story of the Otokichi Muin Ozaki family. Honolulu: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i. ISBN9780976149316. OCLC 757177313.
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otokichi, ozaki, otokichi, muin, ozaki, 尾崎音吉, 無音, november, 1904, december, 1983, japanese, tanka, poet, lived, hawaii, contents, biography, further, reading, also, references, external, linksbiography, editozaki, born, tomoya, shobu, ozaki, kochi, prefecture,. Otokichi Muin Ozaki 尾崎音吉 無音 November 1 1904 December 3 1983 was a Japanese tanka poet who lived in Hawaii Contents 1 Biography 2 Further reading 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editOzaki was born to Tomoya and Shobu Ozaki in Kochi prefecture Japan on November 1 1904 1 He moved to Hawaii when he was 12 joining his parents who were already living there in Kauleau on the Big Island He attended Hilo High school He got a job at the Hawaii Mainichi a local Japanese language newspaper in 1920 In 1923 he was hired as a teacher by the Hilo Japanese language school 2 An avid poet Ozaki was one of the founding members of the Gin u shisha tanka poetry club in Hilo when it was established in 1923 3 Ozaki also was a consular agent for the Japanese Consulate General 4 After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 Ozaki was arrested by the FBI and incarcerated in the mainland United States For the next three years he was held in internment camps in Kilauea Sand Island Angel Island Fort Sill Camp Livingston and Santa Fe 5 In May 1944 he reunited with his wife Hideko and his children Earl Carl Alice and Lily in the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas They were later moved to the Tule Lake camp in California and lived there until the end of the war During this time Ozaki wrote his poems in small letters on rice paper so that he could easily take them with him as he moved from camp to camp 2 When Ozaki returned to Honolulu where he worked at the Hawaii Times newspaper and joined the local tanka poetry society the Cho on Shisha During his time there he edited two poetry anthologies one of which was by Yasutaro Soga 2 He also did extensive work for a charity in Okinawa for which he earned the Order of the Sacred Treasure 2 6 Ozaki died on December 3 1983 6 Further reading editHonda Gail 2012 Family torn apart the internment story of the Otokichi Muin Ozaki family Honolulu Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai i ISBN 9780976149316 OCLC 757177313 See also editTokiji TakeiReferences edit Family Torn Apart The Internment Story of the Otokichi Muin Ozaki Family book Densho Resource Guide resourceguide densho org Retrieved 2019 11 05 a b c d Poets behind barbed wire Tanka poems Hoshida George Nakano Jiro Nakano Kay Honolulu Hawaii Bamboo Ridge Press 1983 ISBN 0910043051 OCLC 10020646 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link Shimada Noriko ハワイ島ヒロ銀雨詩社に展開した日本人移民の文芸活動 PDF 海外移住資料館 研究紀要第 6 1 20 Remembrance Project Hawai i remembrance project janm org Retrieved 2019 11 05 Ozaki Otokichi Muin Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii interneedirectory jcch com Retrieved 2019 11 05 a b Immigrant Voices Discover Immigrant Stories from Angel Island AIISFIV org Retrieved 2019 11 05 External links editArchival collection held by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Otokichi Ozaki amp oldid 1197836134, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
