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...
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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...
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of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main islands of Japan. The name "Ryūkyū" originates from Chinese writings. The earliest references to "Ryūkyū"...
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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...
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Shō Hashi (redirect from King Sho Hashi of Ryūkyū)
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, and Nanzan by conquest...
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Shō Tai (category Kings of Ryūkyū)
– 19 August 1901) was the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (8 June 1848 – 10 October 1872) and the head of the Ryukyu Domain (10 October 1872 – 27 March...
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Shō Nei (category Kings of Ryūkyū)
1564–1620) 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...
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company University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien; BOKU) Shō Boku (1739–1794), king of Ryukyu Boku, the former...
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of King Shō Hashi. The Ryukyuan military operated throughout the Ryukyu Islands, the East China Sea, and elsewhere that Ryukyuan ships went. Ryukyu primarily...
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Ryukyuan people (redirect from People of Ryukyu)
romanized: Ryūkyū minzoku, also Okinawans, Uchinaanchu, Lewchewan or Loochooan) are a Japonic-speaking East Asian ethnic group native to the Ryukyu Islands...
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The Ryukyu Kingdom (1372–1879) on Okinawa Island used various writing conventions, all of which were markedly different from spoken registers. A unique...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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Ryusou (section Annexation of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
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...
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increase to the Japanese power at sea. However the king of Ryukyu Sho Nei had warned Chinese emperor Wanli of the Japanese plans to capture Taiwan. On 15 May...
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Hiroshi Shō (category University of Tokyo alumni)
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...
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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...
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Shimazu clan (category Ryukyu Islands)
Kabayama Hisataka Shō Nei, King of Ryūkyū Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū Saigō Takamori Sengan-en Takako Shimazu Bombardment of Kagoshima Appert, Georges et...
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Chinese court recognized Satto as a king of Ryukyu for diplomatic purposes. In addition to trade with China, the Ryukyu Kingdom also traded in Southeast...
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1415–1476, r. 1470–1476) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the founder of the Second Shō dynasty. Prior to becoming king, he was known as Uchima Kanemaru...
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The flag of Ryukyu (琉球旗, Ryūkyū bata) is a number of flags that represent the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Ryukyuan people. The first historical...
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the coast of mainland China and Taiwan. The Ryukyu Kingdom did not ask Japanese officials for help regarding the shipwreck. Instead its king, Shō Tai,...
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Minamoto no Tametomo (category Imperial House of Japan)
two islanders on a beach at Ashijima Hokusai Takizawa Bakin Shunten King of Ryukyu Wikimedia Commons has media related to Minamoto no Tametomo. Turnbull...
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Shunten (category Kings of Ryūkyū)
the name of Riyū who had overthrown the 25th king of the Tenson dynasty. The Chūzan Seikan (1650), the first official history of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and...
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Shō Shin (category Kings of Ryūkyū)
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"...
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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...
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Second Shō dynasty (redirect from House of Second Shō)
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...
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First Shō dynasty (redirect from House of First Shō)
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...
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Okinawa Island (redirect from Flora and fauna of Okinawa Island)
the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main...
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