Shō En (尚圓, 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...

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...

1469 until her death. She married Shō En before he became king, and acted as regent during the early years of Shō Shin's reign. Ogiyaka was born in 1445...

was Shō En, for whom the mausoleum was constructed upon the orders of his son and successor, Shō Shin. However, for approximately 25 years, Shō En was...

investiture. This pretender, Shō En, began the Second Shō dynasty. Ryukyu's golden age occurred during the reign of Shō Shin, the second king of that...

Shō Shin (尚真, 1465–1527; r. 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...

The Second Shō dynasty (第二尚氏王朝, daini Shō-shi ō-chō) was the last dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1469 to 1879, ruled by the Second Shō family (第二尚氏...

King Shō Taikyū died, so the royal government chose a man named Kanemaru as the new king, who chose the name Shō En and established the Second Shō Dynasty...

Shō Sen'i (尚 宣威, Shō Sen'i, 1430–1477; r. 1477 (only six months)) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the second ruler of the second Shō dynasty. He ruled...

Shō Shoku (尚 稷, ? – 1434) was the father of King Shō En, the founder of the Second Shō dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Shō Shoku was born into a family...

primary claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of King Shō En, the first king of the Second Shō Dynasty. It is also the birthplace of the contemporary...

of King Shō En (1415–1476), the first king of the Second Shō dynasty of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. Shō Shishō (1402–1439), of the short lived First Shō dynasty...

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Marquess Hiroshi Shō (尚裕, Shō Hiroshi, 18 January 1918 – 30 August 1996) was the head of the Shō family, the former Ryūkyūan royal family. He was the...

son of Shō En, the founder of the dynasty, by Yosoidon, Shō En's second wife, often referred to as the queen-mother. He succeeded his uncle, Shō Sen'i...

Shō Toku (尚 徳, 1441–1469) was the son of Shō Taikyū and last king of the First Shō Dynasty. He came to power as a young man in a kingdom whose treasury...

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A letter from King Shō En to Shimazu oyakata (1471); an example of written Ryukyuan....

First Shō dynasty (第一尚氏王朝, daiichi Shō-shi ō-chō) was a dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom on Okinawa Island in the 15th century, ruled by the First Shō family...

by King Shō Shin. Shō Shoku (d. 1434), father of Shō En Shō Zuiun (尚 瑞雲, unknown), mother of Shō En Ogiyaka (1445–1505), Queen consort of Shō En, Queen...

since the conquest of Canaan. Shō En was a peasant farmer who became king of the Ryukyu Kingdom and founder of the Second Shō dynasty. Pope Sixtus IV, Pope...

The Kikuka-shō (菊花賞, pronounced Kikka-shō) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a...

(1439–1444) Shō Shitatsu, King (1444–1449) Shō Kinpuku, King (1449–1453) Shō Taikyū, King (1454–1460) Shō Toku, King (1460–1469) Second Shō dynasty Shō En, King...

here: Shō Shoku (尚 稷), father of King Shō En; Shō Kyū (尚 久), father of King Shō Hō; and Shō I (尚 懿), father of King Shō Nei. In 1699, Shō Shoku and Shō Kyū's...

Park. The shrine is dedicated to Minamoto no Tametomo, Shunten, Shō En, Shō Kei, Shō Tai. The first fought in the Hōgen Rebellion before making his way...

of Shō En before he ascended the throne. Shō Shin was born here. The house changed in usage and became a Buddhist temple during the reign of King Shō Shin...

Kanamaru ascended the throne and changed his name to King Shō En. As a reward for saving his life, Shō En elevated Kunigami Seiin to the peerage, gave Seiin...

Yukatchu was noted by the color of his hat. Ryukyuan Caste System: Royalty – Shō family Oji (王子, Ōji): Prince Aji or Anji (按司, Aji): descendant of Prince...

TsumaSho (Japanese: 妻、小学生になる。, Hepburn: Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru, lit. 'My Wife Will Become an Elementary School Student') is a Japanese manga series...

position of kikoe-ōgimi was formally established during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526) in order to centralize the religious order. Only a royal...