The Karate Masters Portrait Project is a beautifully finished large format (11 inch x 13 inch) 122 page book created with premium lustre photo paper and charcoal proline endpapers. Each of the 58 karate masters has two pages of images along with their name, rank, and style in both English and Japanese.

The Karate Masters Portrait Project began in March 2012. Its goal is to document karate and kobudo masters teaching in Okinawa at the start of the 21st Century. Their unparalleled knowledge of martial arts makes them of great cultural importance both in Japan and worldwide.

Volume 1 covers the first 58 sensei photographed between 2012 and 2014.

Learn more about the project and the full list of masters at the website below.

空手マスターズポートレートプロジェクトは2012年3月に始まりました。
目標としているのは、21世紀に沖縄で活躍している空手と古武道の先生方の肖像を撮ることです。空手の先生方の類まれない武道に関しての知識は、日本だけでなく、世界でも文化的に高く重要視されています。