Shō Shishō
Shō Shishō (尚思紹, r. 1407–1421), also known as Talumei,[1] was Anji of Sashiki and later King of Chūzan, one of three kingdoms on the island of Okinawa, before they were united. He was the progenitor of what became the First Shō Dynasty.
The son of Shishō was Shō Hashi, who is known as the first king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. Shō Hashi overthrew King Bunei of Chūzan in 1406 and installed his father as king. His kingship was acknowledged by the Yongle Emperor of China, who caused a diplomatic mission to be sent to the Ryukyuan capital in 1415.[1]
On 30 January 1406, the Yongle Emperor expressed horror when the Ryukyuans castrated some of their own children to become eunuchs to serve in the Ming imperial palace. The emperor said that the boys who were castrated were innocent and did not deserve castration, and he returned the boys to Ryukyu and instructed them not to send eunuchs again.[2]
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Notes
- 1 2 Suganuma, Unryu. (2000). Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations, p. 46. at Google Books
- ↑ Wade, Geoff (July 1, 2007). "Ryukyu in the Ming Reign Annals 1380s-1580s". Working Paper Series (93). Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore: 75. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
References
- Kerr, George H. (1965). Okinawa, the History of an Island People. Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle Co. OCLC 39242121
- Suganuma, Unryu. (2000). Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations: Irredentism and the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824821593; ISBN 9780824824938; OCLC 170955369
| Preceded by Bunei |
King of Chūzan 1407–1421 |
Succeeded by Shō Hashi |