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Shō Toku
尚徳 shoo tuku
King of Ryukyu
Reign1460–1469
PredecessorShō Taikyū
SuccessorShō En

Born1441
DiedJune 1, 1469 (aged 27–28)
Spousedaughter of Gushichan aji
Concubinesdaughter of Yabiku aji
Names
Shō Toku (尚徳)
Divine nameHachiman-no-aji (八幡之按司),
also Setaka-ō (世高王 shidaka oo)[1]
HouseFirst Shō dynasty
FatherShō Taikyū
MotherMiyazato Agomo-shirare (Naajatu agumushirari)

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 had been depleted. He engaged in efforts to conquer islands between Ryukyu and Japan and took the Mitsudomoe, the symbol of Hachiman, as his banner to emphasize his martial spirit. In 1466, he led an invasion on Kikai Island, which strained the Ryukyuan treasury with little benefit.[2] He either died young or was possibly killed by forces within the kingdom as details are somewhat unclear.[3] As is common for rulers who preside over the end of a dynasty, moralists portrayed him as cruel, violent, and lacking in virtue.[4]

Family[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 琉球国王の神号と『おもろさうし』 (PDF) (in Japanese).
  • ^ Turnbull, Stephen. The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609. Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2009. P. 8-9.
  • ^ Okinawa, the history of an island people by George H. Kerr, pgs 100–103
  • ^ Visions of Ryukyu: identity and ideology in early-modern thought and politics by Gregory Smits, pgs 60–61
  • Regnal titles
    Preceded by

    Shō Taikyū

    King of Ryūkyū
    1461–1469
    Succeeded by

    Shō En


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