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*''Japanese'': [[尚]] 昌 ''(Shô Shô)''
 
*''Japanese'': [[尚]] 昌 ''(Shô Shô)''
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[[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> As a young person, he attended the [[Gakushuin|Gakushûin Peers' School]]. 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]].
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[[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> As a young person, he attended the [[Gakushuin|Gakushûin Peers' School]].  
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He married a woman named Momoko<!--百子-->, with whom he had several children, including a son named [[Sho Hiroshi|Shô Hiroshi]], and a daughter named Fumiko.
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In December 1915, he married a woman named Momoko<!--百子-->, with whom he 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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Shô Shô died three years later, in 1923, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Hiroshi.  
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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 1923, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Hiroshi.  
    
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