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==List of Kings of Ryûkyû==
==List of Kings of Ryûkyû==
In China, in the case of natural succession, it was usual to consider a ruler's reign as starting the year after the death or resignation of his predecessor. This way of dating was often used in the traditional histories of Ryukyu. <ref>For instance, the Chuzan Seikan 中山世鑑of 1650 gives the accession year 御即位 of Shô Hashi as 1422, the year after his father's death. He died in the "18th year of his reign" in 1439, and his son's accession year was 1440.</ref> The list below, based on Matayoshi (1988), follows this convention, which is the one generally, though not universally, used.
In China, in the case of natural succession, it was usual to consider a ruler's reign as starting the year after the death or resignation of his predecessor. This way of dating was often used in the traditional histories of Ryukyu. <ref>For instance, the [[Chuzan seikan]] 中山世鑑 of 1650 gives the accession year 御即位 of Shô Hashi as 1422, the year after his father's death. Hashi died in the "18th year of his reign" in 1439, and his son's accession year was 1440.</ref> The list below, based on Matayoshi (1988), follows this convention, which is the one generally, though not universally, used.
For [[Year dates|dating years]], records from the kingdom period normally use Chinese eras, though in some particular cases Japanese eras, together with the [[sexagenary cycle]], though in private records the cycle alone might be used. Years were not dated by the regnal years of kings. However, modern Okinawan historians often use regnal years in their writing, usually using the convention above. So the year Shô Hashi 1 usually indicates 1422, and Shô Chû 1 usually indicates 1440.
For [[Year dates|dating years]], records from the kingdom period normally use Chinese eras, though in some particular cases Japanese eras, together with the [[sexagenary cycle]], though in private records the cycle alone might be used. Years were not dated by the regnal years of kings. However, modern Okinawan historians often use regnal years in their writing, usually using the convention above. So the year Shô Hashi 1 usually indicates 1422, and Shô Chû 1 usually indicates 1440.