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Shô Gen received his official [[investiture]] from the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] Court in [[1562]], and received emissaries from the [[Shimazu clan]] of the Japanese [[Satsuma province|province of Satsuma]] in [[1570]] and 1572. The Shimazu wished to establish some control over the Ryukyus, making them either a tributary or a vassal state. The kingdom resisted the Shimazu overtures, and a small punitive mission launched by the Shimazu created a small skirmish on the island of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] in [[1571]].

Shô Gen received his official [[investiture]] from the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] Court in [[1562]], and received emissaries from the [[Shimazu clan]] of the Japanese [[Satsuma province|province of Satsuma]] in [[1570]] and 1572. The Shimazu wished to establish some control over the Ryukyus, making them either a tributary or a vassal state. The kingdom resisted the Shimazu overtures, and a small punitive mission launched by the Shimazu created a small skirmish on the island of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] in [[1571]].

He was the second son of King [[Sho Sei|Shô Sei]], who he succeeded, and was succeeded in turn by his second son, [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei]].

He was the second son of King [[Sho Sei (尚清)|Shô Sei]], who he succeeded, and was succeeded in turn by his second son, [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei]].

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