Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 3, 1 Malaki 1987 — Hongwanji Lists Four Hawaiians Among 1987 'Living Treasures' [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hongwanji Lists Four Hawaiians Among 1987 'Living Treasures'

Four Hawaiians and part Hawaiians were among nine men and women named recipients of the coveted "Living Treasure of Hawaii" award at a ceremony held Friday, Feb. 13, at the Honpa Hongwanji Honolulu Temple in Nuuanu. The honorees, along with those honored in the past, were guests of the Honpa Hongwanji at a luneheon Monday, Feb. 16, at the Willows Restaurant. The award, created in 1976 by Honolulu insurance executive Paul Yamanaka, has been sponsored since its ineephon by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission, largest Buddhist denomination in Hawaii. According to former Bishop Yoshiaki Fujitani, the program was created to honor talented individuals who have made valuable contributions to society but whose efforts had not been properly recognized. Those four Hawaiians receiving the 1987 "Living Treasure of Hawaii" award are: • Agnes K. Cope, director of the Waianae Coast Cul-

ture and Arts Society for the book, "Ka Po'e Kahiko O Wai'anae." • Edmund Enomoto, ceramacist and teacher. • John Lake, kumu hula and teacher of Hawaiian language and culture. • Kahauanu Lake, composer and singer. Other 1987 honorees are Agnes Conrad, archivist; Joe Harper, prison reformer; Claude Horan, artist; David Kuraoka, ceramacist; and Toshiko Takaezu, ceramacist. Those honored in the past also lists many Hawaiians among them. Some of the past honorees include Iolani Luahine, Lokalia Montgomery, Mary Kawena Pukui, Dr. Samuel Elbert, Jean Charlot, the Rev. Abraham Akaka, Emma DeFries, Eddie Kamae, Edith Kanaka'ole "Gabby" Pahinui, Isamu Noguchi, Juliette May Fraser, Kaupena Wong, Bumpei Akaji, Irmgard Aluli, John Dominis Holt and many other men and women of diverse talents and nationalities.

1987 "Living T reasure" Agnes K. Cope, standing. chats with, from left to right, Ruth Abe, Satoru Abe (a 1984 "Living Treasure"), and husband George Cope.

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Archivist Agnes Conrad