Person

Sho Tai

1843–1901 · 19th century

Sho Tai was the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, reigning from 1848 to 1879. Meiji Japan made him lord of the Ryukyu Domain in 1872 and, when the domain was abolished and annexed as Okinawa Prefecture in 1879, removed him to Tokyo, where he was made a marquis in the Japanese peerage. He died in 1901.

Sho Tai
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sho Tai. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sho-tai
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