# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matsumura-sokon
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:10:26.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matsumura-sokon"
name: "Matsumura Sōkon"
slug: "matsumura-sokon"
description: "Sōkon Matsumura  was one of the original karate masters of Okinawa. The years of his lifespan are reported variously as 1809–1901 or 1798–1890 or 1809–1896 or 1800–1892. However, the dates on the plaque at Matsumura's tomb, put there by Matsumura's family, clearly state that he was born in 1809 and died in 1899 at approximately the age of 90 years old."
tagline: "Okinawaian karateka"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sokon_Matsumura.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1809"
deathDate: "1899"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             1.006711409395973
  historical:           14.8711
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9D%91%E5%AE%97%E6%A3%8D"
    title: "松村宗棍"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماتسومورا سو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumura_S%C5%8Dkon"
    title: "Matsumura Sōkon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumura_S%C5%8Dkon"
    title: "Matsumura Sōkon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dkon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sōkon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sokon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dkon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sōkon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sokon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sokon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dkon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sōkon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9D%91%E5%AE%97%E6%A3%8D"
    title: "松村宗棍"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sokon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dkon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sōkon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokon_Matsumura"
    title: "Sokon Matsumura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мацумура, Сокон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мацумура Сокон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumura_S%C5%8Dkon"
    title: "Matsumura Sōkon"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715769"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump