Academic Ancestry

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Gigō Funakoshi

Japanese karateka1907 to 1945

Wikidata names Gichin Funakoshi as teacher and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and VIAF.

Gigō Funakoshi, pictured

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Teachers and mentors1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Taiji Kase

    born 1929