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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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"...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

1408 – 29 October 1449) was king of Ryukyu Kingdom who ruled from 1444 to 1449. Shō Shitatsu was the eldest son of king Shō Chū. He died in 1449 without...

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...

1996) was the head of the Shō family, the former Ryūkyūan royal family. He was the great-grandson of Shō Tai, the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and was...

(尚 穆; May 3, 1739 – February 19, 1794) was a king of Ryukyu. His reign began in 1752. Although a period of relative stability, he had to contend with a...

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

during the Ryukyu Kingdom period. It was originally worn by the members of the royal family and by the nobles of Ryukyu Kingdom. The Ryukyu Kingdom was...

Shō Sei (尚清; 1497–1555) was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1526 to 1555. He was the fifth son of King Shō Shin, who he succeeded. Shō Sei suppressed a...

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...

1391–1444) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom of the First Shō dynasty. He ruled from 1439 to 1444. Shō Chū was the second son of his father, King Shō Hashi....

the great-great-grandson of Shō Tai, the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and became the Shō Family Head upon the death of his father on 30 August 1996...

December 1800 – 7 February 1803) was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom from 1802 to 1803. Shō Sei was the only son of king Shō On. He was 2 years old when he succeeded...