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Matsumura Sōkon

1809 - 1899

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Sōkon Matsumura (松村 宗棍, Matsumura Sōkon) was one of the original karate masters of Okinawa. The years of his lifespan are reported variously as 1809–1901 or 1798–1890 or 1809–1896 or 1800–1892. However, the dates on the plaque at Matsumura's tomb, put there by Matsumura's family, clearly state that he was born in 1809 and died in 1899 at approximately the age of 90 years old. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matsumura Sōkon is the 11th most popular martial arts (up from 25th in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from Japan (up from 942nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 11 out of 179. Before him are Mas Oyama, Choi Hong Hi, Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Linda Lee Cadwell, and Conor McGregor. After him are Jon Jones, Ankō Itosu, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mirko Cro Cop, Kenwa Mabuni, and Hélio Gracie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 20. Before him are Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Juliusz Słowacki, Ljudevit Gaj, Hermann Grassmann, and Prince Albert of Prussia. After him are Bettino Ricasoli, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Fredrik Pacius, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Juan Donoso Cortés, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts. Among people deceased in 1899, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 16. Before him are Sophus Lie, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Horatio Alger, Giovanni Segantini, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and Ludwig Büchner. After him are Nubar Pasha, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Charles Friedel, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, and Othniel Charles Marsh.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 447 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenji Doihara (1883), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Kinjiro Shimizu (null), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), and Tsuyoshi Kunieda (1944). After him are Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Kazumi Takada (1951), Atsuyoshi Furuta (1952), Yusuke Omi (1946), and Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 4. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), and Morihei Ueshiba (1883). After him are Ankō Itosu (1831), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Motobu Chōki (1870), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Koichi Tohei (1920).

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