Difference between revisions of "Sho Sho"
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[[File:Sho Sho.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Shô Shô as seen in a 1918 photograph of the Shô family.]] | [[File:Sho Sho.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Shô Shô as seen in a 1918 photograph of the Shô family.]] | ||
*''Born: [[1888]]'' | *''Born: [[1888]]'' | ||
| − | *''Died: 1923'' | + | *''Died: June 1923'' |
*''Titles'': 侯爵 ''(kôshaku, Marquis)'' | *''Titles'': 侯爵 ''(kôshaku, Marquis)'' | ||
*''Japanese'': [[尚]] 昌 ''(Shô Shô)'' | *''Japanese'': [[尚]] 昌 ''(Shô Shô)'' | ||
| − | [[Kazoku|Marquis]] Shô Shô was the eldest son of [[Sho Ten|Shô Ten]], final Crown Prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom]]; his mother was known as [[Sho Shoko|Nodake ''udun'']].<ref>Roughly, "a woman of the Nodake palace, or of the Nodake noble family.</ref> | + | [[Kazoku|Marquis]] Shô Shô was the eldest son of [[Sho Ten|Shô Ten]], final Crown Prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom]]; his mother was known as [[Sho Shoko|Nodake ''udun'']].<ref>Roughly, "a woman of the Nodake palace, or of the Nodake noble family.</ref> |
| − | + | Shô Shô was born in [[Shuri]] in [[1888]]. He moved to Tokyo in [[1896]], and attended elementary and middle school at the [[Gakushuin|Gakushûin Peers' School]]. In [[1911]], he became a student at Oxford University.<ref name=hokama>Hokama Masaaki 外間政明, "Shôke no takaramono ni tsuite" 「尚家の宝物について」, ''RYUKYU'' exhibition catalog, Tokyo National Museum (2022), 439.</ref> | |
| − | Upon Shô Ten's death in 1920, Shô Shô inherited his father's position as head of the Shô family, ''kôshaku'' (Marquis), and member of the [[House of Peers]]. Shô Shô died three years later, in 1923, | + | He returned to Japan in 1915, and was granted an official position in the [[Board of Ceremonies]] (''Shikibukan'') within the [[Imperial Ministry]] (''Kunaishô'').<ref name=hokama/> In December 1915, he married Ogasawara Momoko<!--百子-->, a member of the [[Ogasawara clan]], former lords of [[Kokura han]].<ref name=hokama/> They had several children, including a son named [[Sho Hiroshi|Shô Hiroshi]], and a daughter named Fumiko. According to some accounts, at the ceremony he may have worn (royal) Chinese robes granted to his ancestors by the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] or [[Qing Dynasty|Qing dynasties]].<ref>Hokama Masaaki 外間政明, "Shôke no takaramono ni tsuite" 「尚家の宝物について」, RYUKYU exhibition catalog, Tokyo National Museum (2022), 439.</ref> |
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| + | Upon Shô Ten's death in 1920, Shô Shô inherited his father's position as head of the Shô family, ''kôshaku'' (Marquis), and member of the [[House of Peers]]. Shô Shô died three years later, in June 1923, at his Tokyo mansion in Kôjimachi after developing appendicitis while traveling in China.<ref name=hokama/> He was succeeded by his eldest son, Hiroshi. | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:19, 2 August 2024
Marquis Shô Shô was the eldest son of Shô Ten, final Crown Prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom; his mother was known as Nodake udun.[1]
Shô Shô was born in Shuri in 1888. He moved to Tokyo in 1896, and attended elementary and middle school at the Gakushûin Peers' School. In 1911, he became a student at Oxford University.[2]
He returned to Japan in 1915, and was granted an official position in the Board of Ceremonies (Shikibukan) within the Imperial Ministry (Kunaishô).[2] In December 1915, he married Ogasawara Momoko, a member of the Ogasawara clan, former lords of Kokura han.[2] They had several children, including a son named Shô Hiroshi, and a daughter named Fumiko. According to some accounts, at the ceremony he may have worn (royal) Chinese robes granted to his ancestors by the Ming or Qing dynasties.[3]
Upon Shô Ten's death in 1920, Shô Shô inherited his father's position as head of the Shô family, kôshaku (Marquis), and member of the House of Peers. Shô Shô died three years later, in June 1923, at his Tokyo mansion in Kôjimachi after developing appendicitis while traveling in China.[2] He was succeeded by his eldest son, Hiroshi.
References
- Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.
- ↑ Roughly, "a woman of the Nodake palace, or of the Nodake noble family.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hokama Masaaki 外間政明, "Shôke no takaramono ni tsuite" 「尚家の宝物について」, RYUKYU exhibition catalog, Tokyo National Museum (2022), 439.
- ↑ Hokama Masaaki 外間政明, "Shôke no takaramono ni tsuite" 「尚家の宝物について」, RYUKYU exhibition catalog, Tokyo National Museum (2022), 439.
