Investigations into the history of karate

Matsumora Kōsaku 松茂良 興作 (1829–1898) was a famous Okinawan karate master from Tomari. Over the course of several months in 1938, his heroic tales were written down in a number of fictional short stories in the newspaper Ryūkyū Shimpō. Based on the stories also a stage play was set up which had been advertised in the Ryūkyū Shimpō, amongst others, with this ad dated March 21, 1938. Matsumora was also affiliated with Yabu Kentsū 屋部憲通 (1866–1937) and Itosu Ankō 糸洲安恒 (1831–1915). Motobu Chōki 本部朝基 (1870–1944) remembered in 1936, that he once went with Yabu and his older brother for a training session to Matsumora.