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[[File:Sho Jun1918.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Shô Jun in a 1918 photograph of the family.]]
[[File:Grave-sho-jun.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Grave of Shô Jun in Tama Cemetery, Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1873]]/4/6''
*''Born: [[1873]]/4/6''
*''Died: 1945/6/16''
*''Died: 1945/6/16''
In his later years, he managed the Tôbaru Plantation in [[Shuri]], and created a tropical botanical garden on Gogayama in [[Nakijin]]. He became known as a man of culture and refinement in many fields of interest and as a calligrapher as well.
In his later years, he managed the Tôbaru Plantation in [[Shuri]], and created a tropical botanical garden on Gogayama in [[Nakijin]]. He became known as a man of culture and refinement in many fields of interest and as a calligrapher as well.
Shô Jun was killed in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
Shô Jun died in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. According to [[Yamazato Eikichi]], he fled south, as many people did, as the battle enveloped the central portions of [[Okinawa Island]]; lacking for food, he died of starvation or illness.<ref>Yamazato Eikichi 山里永吉, "Yamazato Eikichi" 「山里永吉」, ''Watashi no sengoshi'' 『私の戦後史』, vol. 2, Okinawa Times (1980), 93.</ref> His children included [[Sho Sen|Shô Sen]] (尚詮, 1926-1990), whose wife [[Sho Hiroko|Shô Hiroko]] (b. 1932) is perhaps the most prominent member of the Shô family alive today.
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