King of Ryūkyū (琉球国王, Ryūkyū koku-ō), also known as King of Lew Chew, King of Chūzan (中山王, Chūzan-ō), or more officially Ryūkyū Kingdom's King of Chūzan...

The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a tributary state of imperial Ming China by the Ryukyuan monarchy...

The Ryukyu Disposition (琉球処分, Ryūkyū shobun), also called the Ryukyu Annexation (琉球併合, Ryūkyū heigō) or the annexation of Okinawa, was the political process...

1843 – 19 August 1901) was the final King of Ryukyu, initially as hereditary king of the Qing tributary Ryukyu Kingdom from 8 June 1848 until 10 October...

This article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands, located southwest of the main islands of Japan. The name "Ryūkyū" originates from Chinese writings...

October 1620) was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1589 to 1620. He reigned during the 1609 invasion of Ryukyu and was the first king of Ryukyu to be a vassal...

described as the unifier of Okinawa and the founder of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the son of the lord Shishō of the First Shō dynasty. Modern scholarship has...

company University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien; BOKU) Shō Boku (1739–1794), king of Ryukyu Boku, the former...

Ryūfuku-ji. Sai On's edition of the Chūzan Seifu (1725) claims that during the reign of Eiso, the Yuan dynasty tried to subjugate Ryukyu twice in 1292 and 1297...

system of bilateral and multinational relationships in the Sinosphere. Some missions were sent to perform investiture ceremonies for the King of Ryukyu, formally...

1477–1527) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the third ruler of the second Shō dynasty. Shō Shin's long reign has been described as "the Great Days of Chūzan"...

19 August 1813 – 25 October 1847) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1835 to 1847. He was the eldest son of Shō Kō. According to Chūzan Seifu, he was...

the Ryukyu Kingdom under the leadership of King Shō Hashi. The Ryukyuan military operated throughout the Ryukyu Islands, the East China Sea, and elsewhere...

legendary local ruler of Okinawa Island. Born as the second son of King Taisei, his mother’s name was unknown. He was the third ruler of Eiso Dynasty; that...

forest alone." Eiso succeeded him as king and established a new dynasty. The precise location, date, and circumstances of Gihon's death are unknown, though...

The Ryukyu Kingdom (1372–1879) on Okinawa Island used various writing conventions, all of which were markedly different from spoken registers. A unique...

was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He succeeded Shō Nei, whose reign saw the invasion of Ryukyu by Japanese forces in 1609 and the subjugation of the kingdom...

Ryukyu Islands (琉球列島, Ryūkyū Rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei Shotō; lit. 'Southwest Islands') or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko)...

dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom on Okinawa Island in the 15th century, ruled by the First Shō family (第一尚氏, daiichi Shō-shi) under the title of King of Chūzan...

of Ryukyu (琉球侵攻, Ryūkyū Shinkō) by forces of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma took place from March to May of 1609, and marked the beginning of the...

engaged in efforts to conquer islands between Ryukyu and Japan and took the Mitsudomoe, the symbol of Hachiman, as his banner to emphasize his martial...

The king's mother took advantage of her privileges and position, and severely damaged popular support for her son. Seii died in 1349. The ruler of Urasoe...

ruler of Okinawa Island. He was the second ruler of the Eiso dynasty; that is, his father was King Eisō and his son was King Eiji. The years of Taisei's...

1784 – August 8, 1802) was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1795 to 1802. He made a great contribution to the education of Ryukyu during his reign. Shō On...

Ryukyu Domain (琉球藩, Ryūkyū han) was a short-lived domain of the Empire of Japan, lasting from 1872 to 1879, and simultaneously a tributary state of the...

Kabayama Hisataka Shō Nei, King of Ryūkyū Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū Saigō Takamori Sengan-en Takako Shimazu Bombardment of Kagoshima Kindaichi, Haruhiko;...

East Asian ethnic group indigenous to the Ryukyu Islands, which stretch from the island of Kyushu to the island of Taiwan. With Japan, most Ryukyuans live...

Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (琉球王国のグスク及び関連遺産群, Ryūkyū ōkoku no gusuku oyobi kanren'isangun) is an UNESCO World Heritage Site which consists of nine sites...

Kanemaru (内間金丸), was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the founder of the Second Shō dynasty. Kanamaru was born into a family of peasant farmers on Izena...

the last dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1469 to 1879, ruled by the Second Shō family (第二尚氏, daini Shō-shi) under the title of King of Chūzan. This family...