Gichin Funakoshi

was the founder of Shotokan, which is the most widely known school or style of karate. He is known as the "father of modern karate".
Funakoshi died on 26 April 1957 in Tokyo of colon cancer, aged 88.
Selected works.
In an overview of writings by and about Funakoshi, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 30+ works in 60+ publications in 8 languages and 1,800+ library holdings.