Sho Tai

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King Shō Tai of Ryūkyū

Shō Tai ( Japanese 尚 泰 , Pinyin : Shang Tai ; born August 3, 1843 in Shuri, Okinawa , † August 19, 1901 in Tokyo ) was the last king of Ryūkyū until 1879 .

Life

Shō Tai, the son of King Shō Iku , was raised to king of Ryūkyū on June 8, 1848 after the death of his father. The kings of Ryūkyū had been vassals of the daimyō (Japanese princes) of Satsuma , the Shimazu , since 1609 . At the same time, there had been tribute relations with China since 1372 . Shō Tai was recognized by both sides, but ultimately fell between the fronts and in the end lost all political influence. In 1872 the administration of the Japanese prefectures was reformed and Ryūkyū was converted into a Japanese Han. So while the Han was abolished in Japan , the Ryūkyū Kingdom was named one. Thus, the semblance of independence was retained for diplomatic reasons. In the wake of the Japanese punitive expedition to Taiwan in 1874 , an agreement was reached with China. On March 11, 1879, the Japanese Meiji government completely abolished the Ryūkyū Kingdom and reorganized the islands as Okinawa Prefecture. Shō Tai was forced to move to Tokyo and accepted as a margrave in the nobility ( Kazoku ) as compensation . The main branch of the royal family has lived on Honshū in Japan ever since .

Shō Tai died in Tokyo in 1901. His son, the Crown Prince Shō Ten, died in 1920.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George H. Kerr (1953). Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945, p. 175.
  2. ↑ Lin Man-houng (2006) "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective," Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from Academia Sinica Weekly, No. 1084. August 24, 2006.
  3. ↑ Ward H. Goodenough (1959) Book Review: "George H. Kerr. Okinawa: the History of an Island People ..., " ( Memento of December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, May 1959, Vol. 323, No. 1, p. 165, accessed June 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Jacques Papinot (2003). Nobiliare du Japon - Sho , p. 56 (French, PDF @ 60; 619 kB)
  5. ↑ Kerr (1953), p. 236.

literature

  • George H. Kerr: Okinawa - The History of an Island People . Tuttle Publishing, Boston 2000.
  • Josef Kreiner (ed.): Ryûkyû in World History (= Japan Archive. Vol. 2). Bier'sche Verlags-Anstalt, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-9806179-7-1 .
personal data
SURNAME Sho, Tai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shang, Tai; 尚 泰 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Ryūkyū
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Shuri, Okinawa
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1901
Place of death Tokyo