Eight of Okinawa's Leading Karate Men

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The Oregon Historical Society
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OBJECT ID

ddr-ohs-1-78 (Coll982_B006F001)

PARENT COLLECTION

Yabe Family Papers Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on Photo: Eight of Okinawa's Leading Karate Men as identified by Joseph R. Svinth, December 23, 1998. Back row, left to right: Shiroma, Shinpan; Maeshiro, Choryo; Chibana, Chosin; and Nakasone, Genwa. Front row, left to right: Kyan, Chotoku; Yanu, Kentsu; Hanshiro, Chomo; and Miyagi, Chojun. A frequently reproduced photo - it commemorated a major meeting hosted by an Okinawa newspaper in October 1936 - its first known publication was in Karate-do Taikan in 1938.

DATE

c. 1936

LOCATION

Okinawa, Japan

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Oregon Historical Society

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Yabe Family Papers Collection, Densho and the Oregon Historical Society

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