Shō Ten
Crown Prince of Ryukyu | |
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In office 1868–1879 | |
Monarch | Shō Tai |
Member of House of Peers | |
In office 31 August 1901 – 20 September 1920 | |
Monarchs | Meiji Taishō |
Preceded by | Shō Tai |
Succeeded by | Shō Shō |
Personal details | |
Born | Umitukugani (思徳金) 2 September 1864 Shuri, Ryukyu Kingdom |
Died | 20 September 1920 Shuri, Okinawa, Empire of Japan | (aged 56)
Resting place | Tamaudun |
Spouse(s) | Shōko, Nodake Aji-ganashi |
Children | Nakijin Nobuko, Shō Shō, Shō Kei, Shō Dan, Shō Bu |
Parents |
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Yamato name | Chōku (朝弘) |
Rank | Wōji |
Marquess Shō Ten (尚典, 2 September 1864 – 20 September 1920) was the last crown prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom (中城王子, Nakagusuku Ōji, lit. Prince of Nakagusuku). He lost that title upon the abolition of the kingdom and the forced abdication of the king, his father, Shō Tai, in 1879, and later succeeded to the title of Marquess (侯爵, kōshaku) in the kazoku peerage following his father's death in 1901.
Life
Shō Ten was born in
Following his father's death and his succession as Marquess and head of the Shō family in 1901, Shō and his family gave up the trappings of traditional Ryukyuan royal court life, costume, court language, and ritual, and adopted those of the Japanese peerage. As Marquess, Shō held a hereditary seat in the
Shō died on 20 September 1920, in his mansion in Shuri and was entombed six days later in Tamaudun, the royal mausoleum near Shuri Castle, in accordance with traditional Ryukyuan royal funerary rites. He would be the last member of the Shō family to be honored in such a manner.[4]
Family
The family head was succeeded by his eldest son Shō Shō, then by Hiroshi Shō and the current incumbent, Mamoru Shō.
- Father: Shō Tai
- Mother: Omomatsurugane, Sashiki Aji-ganashi
- Wife: Shoko, Nodake Aji-ganashi
- Children:
- Shō Shō (b.1888)
- Nobuko (b. ?) engaged to Nakijin Chōei
- Sho Kei (b.1889)
- Sho Dan (b.1890)
- Sho Bu (b.1899)
References
- ^ Kerr. p381.
- ISBN 0-231-12341-8.
- ^ Kerr, George H. Okinawa: The History of an Island People. (revised ed.) Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2003. p428.
- ^ Kerr. p453.