2017/12/29

  Karate researcher Patrick McCarthy has discovered a new photograph of the thought to be Shurite master Itosu Ankō. The photograph was found in Naha City Historical Museum Digital Museum.

  The master stands in the right of the photo.

  The explanations on the website are as follow: First Osato High School Elementary / Late Taisho. From the book Dai Ryūkyū Shashin-jō or Great Ryukyu photo book.

  It is the second photograph ever discovered after the first one found by karate master and historian late Kinjō Hiroshi.

 

  Source:

http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archives/item3/25900

 

Further information relating to Itosu Anko sensei:

 Itosu Ankō – Re-examination of the photo

 https://okic.okinawa/archives/news/p2666

 About the estimated new photo of Itosu Ankō

 https://okic.okinawa/archives/newstopics/p3297