Yoshimura Chogi (1866-1945)

• Born: 1866
• Died: 1945
• Japanese: 吉村 朝義 (Yoshimura Chougi)

Yoshimura Chôgi was a Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat known as a painter, but also for his skills at a variety of pursuits, including karate, staff-fighting (bô-jutsu), swordsmanship, horseback riding, poetry, calligraphy, and sanshin. He was originally from Shuri.

References

• Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.[1]