Shishō

Shishō (思紹, r. 1407–1421), or Shō Shishō (尚思紹) in later sources, was Anji of Sashiki and later King of Chūzan, one of three polities on the island of Okinawa, before they were united. He was the progenitor of what became the First Shō dynasty.

Shishō
思紹
King of Chūzan
Reign1406–1421
PredecessorBunei
SuccessorShō Hashi
Burial
Sashiki-yōdore[1]
Names
Shishō (思紹)
later Shō Shishō (尚思紹)
Divine nameKimishi-mamono (君志真物)[2]
HouseFirst Shō dynasty
FatherSamekawa Omushi (鮫川大主)
Motherdaughter of Ufugusuku aji

The son of Shishō was Shō Hashi, who is known as the first king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Shō Hashi overthrew chief 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.[3] He was retroactively given the surname Shō (尚) (Shang in Chinese) when the Emperor bestowed the name to Shō Hashi.

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.[4] This faux pas committed by Bunei contributed to, if not resulted in, Shō Hashi's coup.

Shishō was king when the forces of Chūzan invaded and conquered the neighboring Kingdom of Hokuzan in 1416.

Family

  • Father: Samekawa Ufushū
  • Mother: daughter of Ufugusuku Anji
  • Wife: daughter of Misatu nu Shii
  • Children:
    • Shō Hashi by daughter of Misatu nu Shī
    • Hirata Ūfuyā by daughter of Misatu nu Shī
    • Tedokon Ūfuyā by daughter of Misatu nu Shī

See also

References

Citations
  1. 佐敷ようどれ｜航空自衛隊について (in Japanese).
  2. 琉球国王の神号と『おもろさうし』 (PDF) (in Japanese).
  3. Suganuma, Unryu. (2000). Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations, p. 46. at Google Books
  4. Wade, Geoff (July 1, 2007). "Ryukyu in the Ming Reign Annals 1380s-1580s" (PDF). Working Paper Series (93). Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore: 75. SSRN 1317152. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Sources
  • 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


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