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Matsumura Sōkon

1809 - 1899

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Matsumura Sōkon (松村 宗棍) was one of the original karate masters of Okinawa. The years of his lifespan are reported variously as c.1809-1901 or 1798–1890 or 1809–1896 or 1800–1892. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matsumura Sōkon has received more than 142,892 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Matsumura Sōkon is the 20th most popular martial arts (down from 18th in 2019), the 767th most popular biography from Japan (down from 753rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 20 out of 118. Before him are Hélio Gracie, Chōjun Miyagi, Fedor Emelianenko, Andy Hug, Motobu Chōki, and Higaonna Kanryō. After him are Randy Couture, Cynthia Rothrock, Hironori Ōtsuka, Morihiro Saito, Billy Blanks, and Koichi Tohei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 38. Before him are Robert Cornelius, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Jules Favre, Edward FitzGerald, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After him are Karl Koch, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, James Glaisher, Kit Carson, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, and Cyrus McCormick. Among people deceased in 1899, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 28. Before him are Katsu Kaishū, Charles Friedel, Emilio Castelar, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Garret Hobart, and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Vincas Kudirka, Carl Millöcker, Lucien Quélet, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Guido Gezelle, and Heinrich Kiepert.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 767 out of 6,048. Before him are Takashi Mizuno (1931), Shūji Terayama (1935), Shō Hashi (1371), Shō Shin (1465), Shintaro Abe (1924), and Takashi Ono (1931). After him are Takeshi Obata (1969), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Prince Morikuni (1301), Masami Kurumada (1953), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), and Ikki Kita (1883).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Matsumura Sōkon ranks 10. Before him are Ankō Itosu (1831), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Motobu Chōki (1870), and Higaonna Kanryō (1853). After him are Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Morihiro Saito (1928), Koichi Tohei (1920), Shoji Nishio (1927), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), and Gozo Shioda (1915).

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