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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,<ref>The Tokyo mansion was originally located at Kôjimachi Fujimi-chô 2-8 in Chiyoda-ku, today the site of the Kudan Middle School. Following the 1923 Great Kantô Earthquake, the family relocated to the Nanpeidai neighborhood in Shibuya-ku, a site today occupied by the Embassy of Malaysia. Meanwhile, [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] (Ryukyu Domain) had its official mansion on Mochikizaka 檎木坂, in what is today Fujimi 1-chôme, Chiyoda-ku, from [[1872]] to [[1879]]. "Ryûkyû hanshu e teitaku o tamawaru" 「琉球藩主へ邸宅を賜はる」, Tokyo nichinichi shimbun 東京日日新聞 (1872/10/3), reproduced in Meiji hennen shi 明治篇年史, vol 1 (1934), 497.</ref><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), 437-438.</ref> 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 name=ryukyuten/>

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,<ref>The Tokyo mansion was originally located at Kôjimachi Fujimi-chô 2-8 in Chiyoda-ku, today the site of the Kudan Middle School. Following the 1923 Great Kantô Earthquake, the family relocated to the Nanpeidai neighborhood in Shibuya-ku, a site today occupied by the Embassy of Malaysia. Meanwhile, [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] (Ryukyu Domain) had its official mansion on Mochikizaka 檎木坂, in what is today Fujimi 1-chôme, Chiyoda-ku, from [[1872]] to [[1879]]. "Ryûkyû hanshu e teitaku o tamawaru" 「琉球藩主へ邸宅を賜はる」, Tokyo nichinichi shimbun 東京日日新聞 (1872/10/3), reproduced in Meiji hennen shi 明治篇年史, vol 1 (1934), 497.</ref><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), 437-438.</ref> 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 name=ryukyuten/>

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, including a [[Ryukyu investiture crown]], [[Dragon robes|Chinese robes]], ''[[bingata]]'' and ''[[kasuri]]'' garments, swords, metalwork objects, and lacquerwares, among others.<ref name=ryukyuten/> All of these were from collections held by the Shô family in Tokyo, and 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, including a [[Ryukyu investiture crown]], [[Dragon robe|Chinese robes]], ''[[bingata]]'' and ''[[kasuri]]'' garments, swords, metalwork objects, and lacquerwares, among others.<ref name=ryukyuten/> All of these were from collections held by the Shô family in Tokyo, and 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>

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