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Mataemon Tanabe

田辺又右衛門
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Mataemon Tanabe (田辺 又右衛門, Tanabe Mataemon; 1869–1942) was a Japanese jujutsu practitioner and master of the Fusen-ryū school. He became famous for defeating multiple members of the Kodokan in challenge matches, and came to be considered one of the greatest modern jujutsuka.

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