The inscription on the memorial reads:
HERE LIES MASTER SOKON MATSUMURA (1809 -
1899). The originator of Okinawan Karate and
Shurite. He was born in Yamagawa, Shuri. His Chinese name was Seitatsu Bu. He called himself Unyu, or Takenaga. He was excellent in martial arts from
childhood, and won a worldwide reputation of a great master. He was remarkable
for both wisdom and valor, devoting himself to the spirit that both literary
and martial arts are one.
He served three reigns as a personal guard of
the Royal descendants of King Shoen; the seventeenth, King Shoko; the
eighteenth, King Shoiku and the nineteenth King Shotai. December in the 12th year of Heisei (2000 AD) Descendants of the Matsumuras. THE BU FAMILY TOMB OF THE MATSUMURAS. Raised
on an auspicious day in November in the year 2000.
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