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[[File:Sho-ten.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Marquis Shô Ten]]
 
[[File:Sho-ten.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Marquis Shô Ten]]
[[Image:Shoten-funeral.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The 1920 [[funeral of Sho Ten|funeral of Shô Ten]].]]
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[[Image:Shoten-funeral.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The 1920 funeral of Shô Ten.]]
 
*''Born: [[1864]]/8/2''
 
*''Born: [[1864]]/8/2''
 
*''Died: 1920/9/20''
 
*''Died: 1920/9/20''
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As Marquis, Shô Ten held a hereditary seat in the [[House of Peers]] in the [[Diet of Japan|National Diet]]. He was joined in representing Okinawa by a Japanese resident appointed to represent the prefecture's wealthiest taxpayers for the first time in 1918<ref name=Kerr381>Kerr. p381.</ref>.
 
As Marquis, Shô Ten held a hereditary seat in the [[House of Peers]] in the [[Diet of Japan|National Diet]]. He was joined in representing Okinawa by a Japanese resident appointed to represent the prefecture's wealthiest taxpayers for the first time in 1918<ref name=Kerr381>Kerr. p381.</ref>.
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The Marquis died on September 20, 1920 in his mansion in Shuri and was [[funeral of Sho Ten|entombed]] six days later in [[Tamaudun]], the royal mausoleum near [[Shuri Castle]], in accordance with traditional Ryukyuan royal funerary rites. He would be the last member of the Shô family to be honored in such a manner<ref>Kerr. p453.</ref>.
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The Marquis died on September 20, 1920 in his mansion in Shuri and was entombed six days later in [[Tamaudun]], the royal mausoleum near [[Shuri Castle]], in accordance with traditional Ryukyuan royal funerary rites. He would be the last member of the Shô family to be honored in such a manner<ref>Kerr. p453.</ref>.
    
Shô Ten's eldest son [[Sho Sho|Shô Shô]] ([[1888]]-1923) succeeded him as ''kôshaku'' and as a member of the House of Peers. His second son was named [[Sho Kei (b. 1889)|Shô Kei]].<ref>Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.</ref> Shô Shô's eldest son in turn, [[Sho Hiroshi|Shô Hiroshi]] (1918-1997), played a prominent role in keeping and sharing the treasures of the Shô family; a large collection of historical documents held today by the [[University of Tokyo]] [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]] related to the Shô family and Ryukyuan court are labeled as being from Shô Hiroshi's collection.
 
Shô Ten's eldest son [[Sho Sho|Shô Shô]] ([[1888]]-1923) succeeded him as ''kôshaku'' and as a member of the House of Peers. His second son was named [[Sho Kei (b. 1889)|Shô Kei]].<ref>Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.</ref> Shô Shô's eldest son in turn, [[Sho Hiroshi|Shô Hiroshi]] (1918-1997), played a prominent role in keeping and sharing the treasures of the Shô family; a large collection of historical documents held today by the [[University of Tokyo]] [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]] related to the Shô family and Ryukyuan court are labeled as being from Shô Hiroshi's collection.
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