Category Archives: Itosu photo controversy

How Miyake Sango was identified

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Andreas Quast

Here I would like to shortly explain how Miyake Sango was identified as the person in the alleged Itosu photo. It began on January 10, 2018, when my good fellow researcher Thomas Feldmann (herinafter abbreviated to TF) sent me a … Continue reading →

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The alleged photos of Itosu Ankō actually show Miyake Sango

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Andreas Quast

I have written about three different photos allegeldy showing Itosu Anko, the father of modern karate (1, 2, and 3). Then, I provided a translation of an article from the Okinawa Times which stated that the person is not Itosu, … Continue reading →

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Does the photo of Itosu Ankō show a different person?

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Andreas Quast

[Here follows my translation of the newspaper article: Arakaki Ryōko: “Does the photo of Itosu Ankō show a different person?” In: Okinawa Times, March 2, 2019, Saturday, No. 25159 (daily issue). Many thanks to Motobu Naoki Shihan of the Motobu-ryu for … Continue reading →

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On a Third Alleged Itosu Photo

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Andreas Quast

Recently, I wrote about a first and a second photo allegedly showing a man considered to be Itosu Ankō (1831–1915), the father of modern Karate. Some weeks ago my colleague Thomas Feldmann of Hoploblog dug out another photo which we … Continue reading →

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On the Second Alleged Itosu Photo

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Andreas Quast

Yesterday, I wrote On the First Alleged Itosu Photo. Since the publication of that photo, a decade of further research passed and – not least due to corresponding activities by various stakeholders of Okinawan history and research on the internet – … Continue reading →

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On the First Alleged Itosu Photo

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Andreas Quast

In 2006 a photo was revealed to the public, showing a mysterious man with a mustache. At that time, this man was considered to be Itosu Ankō (1831–1915), the Okinawan father of modern Karate. The matter was publicly described for … Continue reading →

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