http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/001/001/
Shorei-Ryu is also not an original okinawan karate. It is a decendant of Naha Te. The original Okinawan karates were known as shuri-te, Naha-te, and Tomari-Te, named after the cities from which they spawned.
http://www.oldpinetree.com/hanshi/history.html
http://www.oldpinetree.com/hanshi/modhist.html
http://www.ekimskarate.com/history.htm
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In the mid-1800’s Shorei-Ryu Karate emerged to differentiate itself as one of the major styles that had come into existence. Shorei-Ryu was developed by Kanryo Higashionna. Higashionna studied some of the Naha-te techniques of Okinawa and then moved to China. There, in the Foochow Province, He studied for 20 years under Liu Liu Ko. But it was not until Higashionna came back to Okinawa that he began to develop the Shorei-Ryu system. The Shorei-Ryu system can be traced (though with some difficulty due to lack of records) to the Sho Dynasty in the 1400’s. the main method of tracing it is through some of the Shorei kata, which are indeed very, very old.
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This last quote explains that much of the history you read will be somewhat fabricated (no records or facts to back it up) to make the art appear much older than it is. The two links from oldpinetree make use of as much history as they could. So remember ALL arts try to appear to be much older than they truly are. They all have their roots in ancient times, but that doesnt mean that it was the art that it is today. If you go back far enough, almost all fighting arts originated in India, still that doesnt mean that western boxing is 5000 years old. Hope this helps