Person

Bunei

r. 1396–1405 · 15th century

Bunei was king of Chūzan on Okinawa from 1396 to 1405, a son of Satto. He maintained tribute relations with Ming China and was formally invested as king by the Ming court. In 1406 he was overthrown by Shō Shishō and his son Shō Hashi, who founded the First Shō dynasty and later united Okinawa as the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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