Background
Kakichi Tsunajimawas born on August 12, 1860 in Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan.
佳吉 綱島
Kakichi Tsunajimawas born on August 12, 1860 in Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan.
After graduating from Doshisha College in Kioto, Japan Kakichi Tsunajima briefly proceeded to America and graduated from Yale University in 1893, with a doctorate in theology.
Upon returning Kakichi Tsunajima was appointed pastor at Bancho Church, Tokyo. After the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 he was sent to America as an envoy of the Japan International Christian League to thank the Christian organizations there for relief rendered the earthquake victims in 1924.