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The First Shō Dynasty and Second Shō Dynasty ruled the Ryukyu Kingdom

Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryūkyū Kingdom was an independent kingdom which ruled most of the Ryukyu Islands from the 15th century to the 19th century. The Kings of Ryūkyū unified Okinawa Island and extended the kingdom to the Amami Islands in modern-day Kagoshima Prefecture, and the Sakishima Islands near Taiwan...

in 1406-1469 and 1470-1879, respectively. In spite of the names, they were unrelated. Abbreviated genealogies of the two dynasties follow here.

First Shō Dynasty

Samekawa Unushi
- Shō Shishō 1354-1421, r. 1406-1421
  - Shō Hashi
    Sho Hashi
    Shō Hashi was the first king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom , uniting the three kingdoms of Chūzan, Hokuzan, and Nanzan by conquest...
    
    1371-1439, r. 1421-1439
    - Shō Chū 1391-1444, r. 1439-1444
      - Shō Shitatsu 1408-1449, r. 1444-1449
    - Shō Kinpuku 1398-1453, r. 1449-1453
    - Shō Taikyū
      Shō Taikyū
      ' was a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the fifth of the line of the first Shō Dynasty. His reign saw the construction of many Buddhist temples, and the casting of the .- Life and reign :...
      
      1415-1460, r. 1453-1460
      - Shō Toku 1441-1469, r. 1460-1469

Second Shō Dynasty

Shō Shoku d. 1434
- Shō En
  Sho En
  ' was a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the founder of the Second Shō Dynasty. Prior to becoming king, he was known as '.-Early life and rise to power:...
  
  1415-1476, r. 1470-1476
  - Shō Shin
    Sho Shin
    ' was a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the third of the line of the Second Shō Dynasty. Shō Shin's long reign has been described as "the Great Days of Chūzan", a period of great peace and relative prosperity. He was the son of Shō En, the founder of the dynasty, by Yosoidon, Shō En's second wife,...
    
    1465-1527, r. 1477-1527
    - Shō Sei
      Sho Sei
      *For the 19th century king of Ryūkyū , see Shō Sei .Shō Sei was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom from 1526 to 1555...
      
      1497-1555, r. 1527-55
      - Shō Gen
        Sho Gen
        Shō Gen was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom from 1556 to 1572. He was called "Gen, the mute." the king required considerable support from the Sanshikan , the chief council of royal advisors...
        
        1528-1572, r. 1555-1572
        
        Shō Ei 1559-1588, r. 1572-1588
        
        Kinoshi Choko 1560-1620
        
        Shō Hō
        Sho Ho
        ', also known as Shengfeng, was a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. He succeeded Shō Nei, whose reign saw the invasion of Ryūkyū by Japanese forces in 1609 and the subjugation of the kingdom to Satsuma Domain, and ruled from 1621 until 1640....
        
        1590-1640, r. 1620-1640
        
        Shō Ken 1625-1647, r. 1640-1647
        
        Shō Shitsu
        Sho Shitsu
        ' was a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom who held the throne from 1648 until his death in 1668.The fourth son of King Shō Hō, he was named Prince of Sashiki in 1637, at the age of eight, and was granted Sashiki magiri as his domain...
        
        1629-1668, r. 1648-1668
        
        Shō Tei 1645-1709, r. 1668-1709
        
        Shō Jun
        Sho Jun
        Shō Jun was the name of two princes of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.*Shō Jun , son of King Shō Tei.*Shō Jun , son of King Shō Tai....
        
        1660-1707
        
        Shō Eki 1678-1712, r. 1709-1712
        
        Shō Kei
        Sho Kei
        ' was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom from 1713-1752. His reign, strongly guided by royal advisor Sai On, is regarded as a political and economic golden age and period of the flowering of Okinawan culture....
        
        1700-1752, r. 1712-1752
        
        Shō Boku
        Shō Boku
        ' was a king of Ryukyu. His reign began in 1756. Although a period of relative stability he had to contend with a tsunami in 1771 that devastated the Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands. His reign also saw the Chinese envoy Chou Huang who wrote a sixteen volume topography of the islands for the...
        
        1739-1794, r. 1752-1794
        
        Shō Tetsu 1759-1788
        
        Shō On 1784-1802, r. 1794-1802
        
        Shō Sei 1800-1803, r. 1802-1803
        
        Shō Kō
        Sho Ko
        ' was a king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, who held the throne from 1804 to 1828, when he was forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Shō Iku...
        
        1787-1839, r. 1803-1828
        
        Shō Iku 1813-1847, r. 1828-1847
        
        Shō Tai
        Sho Tai
        was the last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom . His reign saw greatly increased interactions with travelers from abroad, particularly from Europe and the United States, as well as the eventual end of the kingdom and its annexation by Japan as Okinawa Prefecture.In 1879, the deposed king was forced to...
        
        1843-1901, r. 1847-1879
        
        Shō Ten
        Sho Ten
        was the last crown prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. He lost that title upon the abolition of the kingdom and the abdication of the king, his father, Shō Tai, in 1879, and later succeeded to the title of in the kazoku peerage following his father's death in 1901.- Biography :Shō Ten was born in Shuri...
        
        1864-1920
        
        Shō Shō 1888-1923
        
        Shō Hiroshi 1918-1996
        
        Shō Mamoru
        
        Shō Jun
        Sho Jun
        Shō Jun was the name of two princes of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.*Shō Jun , son of King Shō Tei.*Shō Jun , son of King Shō Tai....
        
        1873-1945
        
        Prince Ie 1818-1896
    - Prince Urasoe (son of Shō Shin) 1494-1540
      - Prince Urasoe 1512-1576
        
        Shō I d. 1584
        
        Shō Nei
        Sho Nei
        ' was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom from 1587–1620. He reigned during the 1609 invasion of Ryūkyū and was the first king of Ryūkyū to be a vassal to the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, a Japanese feudal domain....
        
        1564-1620, r. 1588-1620
- Shō Seni (son of Shō Shoku) 1430-1477, r. 1476-1477

First Shō Dynasty

Second Shō Dynasty

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