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==Shôke monjo==

==Shôke monjo==

These 1,166 documents, along with another 175 not designated National Treasures, are known as the "Shô Family Documents," or ''Shôke monjo'' 尚家文書. Following the [[Ryukyu shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in [[1879]], the Shô family was forced to leave [[Shuri castle]]; while King (now [[kazoku|Marquis]]) [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] and certain other members of the former-royal household took up residence in a mansion in Tokyo, other members of the family remained behind at [[Nakagusuku udun]], formerly the Crown Prince's mansion, just below Shuri castle. Some portion of these documents were then sent to Tokyo so they could be consulted by scholar [[Higashionna Kanjun]] as he compiled his ''Shô Tai kô jitsuroku'' 尚泰侯実録 ("True Record of Lord Shô Tai"); while those kept at Nakagusuku udun were tragically lost in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, those sent to Tokyo (along with new documents created or obtained in the intervening years) survived the 1923 earthquake, World War II, and other events.<ref name=feenukaji>Katsuren Shôko 勝連晶子, "Ryûkyû ôkoku Shôke no monjo fukusei kara mietekuru mono" 琉球王国尚家の文書複製からみえてくるもの, ''Fee nu kaji'' 南ぬ風 48 (2018/7-9), 6-7.</ref> Additional court documents (especially those pertaining to foreign relations) were seized by the [[Meiji government]] in [[1879]] and separated from the possession of the Shô family.<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), 438.</ref>

These 1,166 documents, along with another 175 not designated National Treasures, are known as the "Shô Family Documents," or ''Shôke monjo'' 尚家文書. Following the [[Ryukyu shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in [[1879]], the Shô family was forced to leave [[Shuri castle]]; while King (now [[kazoku|Marquis]]) [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] and certain other members of the former-royal household took up residence in a mansion in Tokyo, other members of the family remained behind at [[Nakagusuku udun]], formerly the Crown Prince's mansion, just below Shuri castle. Some portion of these documents were then sent to Tokyo so they could be consulted by scholar [[Higashionna Kanjun]] as he compiled his ''[[Sho Tai ko jitsuroku|Shô Tai kô jitsuroku]]'' 尚泰侯実録 ("True Record of Lord Shô Tai"); while those kept at Nakagusuku udun were tragically lost in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, those sent to Tokyo (along with new documents created or obtained in the intervening years) survived the 1923 earthquake, World War II, and other events.<ref name=feenukaji>Katsuren Shôko 勝連晶子, "Ryûkyû ôkoku Shôke no monjo fukusei kara mietekuru mono" 琉球王国尚家の文書複製からみえてくるもの, ''Fee nu kaji'' 南ぬ風 48 (2018/7-9), 6-7.</ref> Additional court documents (especially those pertaining to foreign relations) were seized by the [[Meiji government]] in [[1879]] and separated from the possession of the Shô family.<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), 438.</ref>

In 1995, Shô Hiroshi, 22nd head of the Shô family, donated these surviving 1,341 documents to the city of [[Naha]];<ref name=feenukaji/> the following year, he donated an additional 85 art objects.<ref name=ryukyuten>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), 437.</ref> They are all now held at the Naha City Museum of History.<ref>Reproductions of most of the documents (both printed and microfilm) are kept at the University of the Ryukyus Library. While the Hôsei University Okinawa Studies Center also holds microfilm copies of these documents, the University of the Ryukyus set is more thoroughly labeled as to which materials can be found on which rolls of film.</ref>

In 1995, Shô Hiroshi, 22nd head of the Shô family, donated these surviving 1,341 documents to the city of [[Naha]];<ref name=feenukaji/> the following year, he donated an additional 85 art objects.<ref name=ryukyuten>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), 437.</ref> They are all now held at the Naha City Museum of History.<ref>Reproductions of most of the documents (both printed and microfilm) are kept at the University of the Ryukyus Library. While the Hôsei University Okinawa Studies Center also holds microfilm copies of these documents, the University of the Ryukyus set is more thoroughly labeled as to which materials can be found on which rolls of film.</ref>