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In the postwar period, Shô Hiroshi played a key role in keeping and sharing the Shô family's treasures. Hiroshi gifted some 74 art objects to the [[Tokyo National Museum]] in 1969, and kept another 280 or more protected in bank vaults and rented storehouses. A large collection of historical documents held today by the [[University of Tokyo]] [[Shiryohensanjo|Historiographical Institute]] related to the Shô family and former Ryukyuan royal court are also labeled as being from Shô Hiroshi's collection.
In the postwar period, Shô Hiroshi played a key role in keeping and sharing the Shô family's treasures. Hiroshi gifted some 74 art objects to the [[Tokyo National Museum]] in 1969, and kept another 280 or more protected in bank vaults and rented storehouses. A large collection of historical documents held today by the [[University of Tokyo]] [[Shiryohensanjo|Historiographical Institute]] related to the Shô family and former Ryukyuan royal court are also labeled as being from Shô Hiroshi's collection.
In 1992, he transferred the royal mausoleum [[Tamaudun]], gardens and residence at [[Shikinaen]], and grounds of the destroyed Buddhist temple [[Sogen-ji|Sôgen-ji]] to Naha City. In 1995-1996, he further gifted more than 1,340 items, including documents, textiles and garments, lacquerwares, and metalwork objects, to Naha City. The majority of these were then designated, collectively, as a [[National Treasure]] of Japan in 2006, under the name [[Ryukyu Royal Sho Family Documents]] (琉球国王尚家関係資料, ''Ryûkyû kokuô Shô ke kankei shiryô'').
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