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*''Japanese'': [[尚]] 布里 ''(Shô Furi)''
Shô Furi was the 6th son of King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Following the death in [[1453]] of his elder brother King [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]], [[Shiro Furi Dispute|a succession dispute]] broke out between Furi and his nephew (Kinpuku's son) [[Sho Shiro|Shô Shiro]]. Little is known about the details of the ensuing fighting, but it did involve [[Shuri castle]] burning down before the dust settled.
While official histories produced in the 17th-18th centuries by the kingdom, such as ''[[Chuzan seikan|Chûzan seikan]]'', characterize Furi as aggressively and inappropriately seeking to interfere with Shiro's rightful succession as the son and heir of the late Shô Kinpuku, there are various reasons that the 17th-18th century authors of these histories might have wanted to portray events in such a fashion; the truth of the politics and of the personal character of Furi, Shiro, and Taikyû, remains unknown.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 113.</ref>
According to most records, both Furi and Shiro were killed in the conflict, leaving Furi's younger brother Prince Goeku to take the throne as King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]]. Furi and Shiro are both typically said to have died in [[1453]]; however, inscriptions on the jar holding his bones indicate that he died in [[1464]] at the age of 58. Conventional wisdom in Nanjô City (the site of Furi's grave) holds that he survived the conflict and lived another ten years in Nanjô, marrying a woman named Makadugani with whom he had at least two sons (known only as Furishii, i.e. "child of Furi"), who are all buried in neighboring tombs. They are said to have been the progenitors of the local Uezu and Ôya (O: ''Ufuya'') families.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the tomb of Shô Furi, Nanjô City, Okinawa.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49600038907/sizes/3k/]
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[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
Shô Furi was the 6th son of King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Following the death in [[1453]] of his elder brother King [[Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]], [[Shiro Furi Dispute|a succession dispute]] broke out between Furi and his nephew (Kinpuku's son) [[Sho Shiro|Shô Shiro]]. Little is known about the details of the ensuing fighting, but it did involve [[Shuri castle]] burning down before the dust settled.
While official histories produced in the 17th-18th centuries by the kingdom, such as ''[[Chuzan seikan|Chûzan seikan]]'', characterize Furi as aggressively and inappropriately seeking to interfere with Shiro's rightful succession as the son and heir of the late Shô Kinpuku, there are various reasons that the 17th-18th century authors of these histories might have wanted to portray events in such a fashion; the truth of the politics and of the personal character of Furi, Shiro, and Taikyû, remains unknown.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 113.</ref>
According to most records, both Furi and Shiro were killed in the conflict, leaving Furi's younger brother Prince Goeku to take the throne as King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]]. Furi and Shiro are both typically said to have died in [[1453]]; however, inscriptions on the jar holding his bones indicate that he died in [[1464]] at the age of 58. Conventional wisdom in Nanjô City (the site of Furi's grave) holds that he survived the conflict and lived another ten years in Nanjô, marrying a woman named Makadugani with whom he had at least two sons (known only as Furishii, i.e. "child of Furi"), who are all buried in neighboring tombs. They are said to have been the progenitors of the local Uezu and Ôya (O: ''Ufuya'') families.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the tomb of Shô Furi, Nanjô City, Okinawa.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49600038907/sizes/3k/]
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
