feudal domain. Shō Nei was the great-grandson of Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526) and the adopted son-in-law of Shō Ei (r. 1573–1586). Early in Shō Nei's reign, Japanese...

Shō Hō (尚豊, 1590–1640) 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...

from the kingdom on a number of occasions. King Shō Nei (r. 1587–1620) met some of these demands. Shō Nei sent a tribute ship, the Aya-Bune, to Satsuma...

the first Shō dynasty. Hashi was granted the surname "Shō" (Chinese: 尚; pinyin: Shàng) by the Ming emperor in 1421, becoming known as Shō Hashi (Chinese:...

earliest known form of the narrative dates to the reign of King Shō Shin of the Second Shō dynasty. A stone monument dated 1522 makes reference to "three...

and his wife, and was the second son of king Shō Gen. He died in 1588 without an heir. His son-in-law Shō Nei was installed as the king. 琉球国王の神号と『おもろさうし』...

Ryukyuan king." Before his execution, King Shō Nei used a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to save his life. King Shō Nei was taken to Kagoshima together with...

Akizuki Tanezane Akizuki Tanenaga Ei Hisatora Kabayama Hisataka Shō Nei, King of Ryūkyū Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū Saigō Takamori Sengan-en Takako Shimazu Bombardment...

and was also father of King Shō Nei. Shō I was a grandson of Urasoe Chōman (Shō Ikō), the deposed crown prince of King Shō Shin. His father was Urasoe...

prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the eldest son of King Shō Hō. King Shō Nei had no heir. Shō Kyō was chosen as Crown Prince by the kingdom’s ministers...