• Shō Hashi (尚巴志, 1372 – June 1, 1439) was the last King of Chūzan and the first king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, uniting the three polities of Chūzan, Hokuzan...
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    Bunei, Shishō and Shō Hashi, while the tablets of Shō Taikyū and Shō Toku were at Tenkai-ji. Shō En, the founder of the Second Shō dynasty, established...
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    1406, Bunei was overthrown and Shō Shishō became the nominal ruler of Chūzan, placed there by his eldest son Shō Hashi as part of a power bid to control...
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    Hashi; Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1416 and Nanzan in 1429, uniting the island of Okinawa for the first time, and founded the first Shō dynasty. Hashi...
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    Chūzan, which became the Ryukyu Kingdom under the leadership of King Shō Hashi. The Ryukyuan military operated throughout the Ryukyu Islands, the East...
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  • Shō Hashi (1371–1439, r. 1422–1439), the last king of Chūzan and the first king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (today Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) Takayo Hashi (born...
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    according to Sai On's edition of the Chūzan Seifu (1725), ended in 1429 when Shō Hashi unified the island. Historical records of the period are fragmentary and...
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    labels which aji operated under in the Chinese tribute system. In 1429, Shō Hashi emerged as the sole tribute king of Okinawa, although he likely failed...
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    began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's King Shō Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1419 and Nanzan in 1429. The united Okinawan state...
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    what became the First Shō dynasty. The son of Shishō was Shō Hashi, who is known as the first king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Shō Hashi overthrew chief Bunei...
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    began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's King Shō Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1416 and Nanzan in 1429. After the unification of...
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    during the Gusuku period, like many other castles of Okinawa. When King Shō Hashi unified the three principalities of Okinawa and established the Ryukyu...
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  • and by the Chinese name Mao Guoding (毛國鼎, J: Mō Kokutei). He supported Shō Hashi, first king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, in his conquest of Hokuzan and unification...
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    consolidation of power under the Shō family. Shō Hashi (1372–1439) conquered Chūzan, the middle kingdom, in 1404 and made his father, Shō Shishō, the king. He conquered...
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  • King Shō Hashi. After his father conquered the Kingdom of Hokuzan, Shō Chū was appointed "Warden of Hokuzan" (北山監守, Hokuzan Kanshu) in 1422. Shō Chū was...
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    the First Sho Dynasty ( 1429 – 1469 ) was established by Sho Hashi in 1429 and the Second Sho Dynasty ( 1470 - 1879 ) was established by Sho En in 1470...
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  • Ōōso and Taromai were puppets of Shō Hashi, who later unified Okinawa Island. Wada identifies Taromai as Shō Hashi's eldest son. Although the name "Sannan"...
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    Taromai was the eldest son of Shō Hashi while Ōōso was either a pseudonym of Shō Hashi or his puppet ruler. Shō Hashi gave southern Okinawa to the first...
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  • and the battle between the lords Gosamaru and Amawari. Shō Taikyū was the seventh son of Shō Hashi, the unifier of Okinawa Island and founder of the Ryukyu...
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    a man named Hashi overthrew Satto's descendant, King Bunei, and installed his father, Shishō, as king of Chūzan. In 1429, King Shō Hashi completed the...
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    began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's King Shō Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1419 and Nanzan in 1429. After the unification of...
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    the home of the Aji of Nago Magiri. In 1416, the army of Chūzan, led by Shō Hashi, attacked and captured the castle during the invasion of Hokuzan. ""The...
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    The king and his closest vassals committed suicide. Shō Hashi then appointed his second son Shō Chū as Nakijin Ōji to rule the remote north. Sai Taku's...
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    twelfth century as local leaders began to build gusuku (Ryukyuan castles). Shō Hashi was an aji who later unified Okinawa Island as king. The title aji variously...
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    at the port of Tomari, which lay just below the castle, to the north. Shō Hashi (r. 1422–1439), first king of the unified Ryūkyū Kingdom, made Shuri his...
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    diplomatic correspondence with China. The royal shii Shō (尚) was, according to Ryukyuan records, given to Shō Hashi by the Xuande Emperor of Ming China. This statement...
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    to Okinawan kingdoms, and continued to remain independent. After 1429, Shō Hashi unified Okinawa Island, founding the Ryukyu Kingdom. During the 1430s...
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    Yomitanzan Magiri, Gosamaru, helped Shō Hashi invade Hokuzan. Although Gosamaru lived in Yamada Castle, Shō Hashi allowed him to build Zakimi Castle....
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  • time, Shō Hashi, the unifier of Okinawa Island, had already kept Sannan under his control, Wada claims that Ōōso was either a pseudonym of Shō Hashi or his...
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    Sho Tanaka (田中 翔, Tanaka Shō) (born August 27, 1989), known mononymously as Sho (stylised in all caps as SHO), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He...
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