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There are no written records about the early Tomari-te but it is said to have been brought to the Ryūkyū Islands by a monk from the Chinese Shandong province called Anan42. Nothing else is known about it. The modern Tomari-te was founded by Matsumora Kōsaku (1829-1898). He is said to have learned it from Teruya Kise (1804-1868) and Uku Karyū (1800-1850), who both were students of Anan. There are a lot of kata in the Itosu style which were named after master Matsumora. Most of them are close to the Shuri-te, some of them similar to the Naha-te.