Mataemon Tanabe

Japanese martial artist

田辺又右衛門

Born

1869, Okayama Prefecture

Died

1942

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

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.

External links

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• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q27950800 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.