contributor
27,126
edits
Changes
no edit summary
Shô Hiroshi was a great-grandson of [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]], the last king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and was head of the [[Sho dynasty|Shô family]] for most of his life, following the death in 1923 of his father, [[Sho Sho|Shô Shô]].
Shô Hiroshi was a great-grandson of [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]], the last king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and was head of the [[Sho dynasty|Shô family]] for most of his life, following the death in 1923 of his father, [[Sho Sho|Shô Shô]].
In 1926, he sold the family's mansion in the Kudan neighborhood to Tokyo City, and relocated the family to a new residence in the Nanpeidai area of Shibuya.<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>
In the postwar period, Shô Hiroshi played a key role in keeping and sharing the Shô family's treasures; a large collection of historical documents held today by the [[University of Tokyo]] [[Shiryohensanjo|Historiographical Institute]] related to the Shô family and former Ryukyuan royal court are labeled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postwar period, Shô Hiroshi played a key role in keeping and sharing the Shô family's treasures; a large collection of historical documents held today by the [[University of Tokyo]] [[Shiryohensanjo|Historiographical Institute]] related to the Shô family and former Ryukyuan royal court are labeled as being from Shô Hiroshi's collection.
==References==
==References==
*Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.
*Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]
[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]