in Niulii, North Kohala District, Hawaii island, Territory of Hawaii. He was one of the eleven children of Matsuemon and Tsugi (Hirotsu) Iwamasa: sons Sadaichi, Yasuichi, Masaichi, Haruto, Takeo, Masao, Yoshio, and Matsuto, and daughters Sumiyo, Patsy Tsuruyo, Fusako. His parents arrived from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1898, after marrying the previous year. They