was the father of King
Shō En
was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the founder of the Second Shō dynasty. Prior to becoming king, he was known as .
Early life and rise to power
Kanamaru was born into a family of peasant farmers on Izena Island,"Shō En." ''Okinawa rekishi jinm ...
, the founder of the
Second Shō dynasty
The was the last dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1469 to 1879, ruled by the under the title of King of Chūzan. This family took the family name from the earlier rulers of the kingdom, the first Shō family, even though the new royal famil ...
of the
Ryukyu Kingdom
The Ryukyu Kingdom, Middle Chinese: , , Classical Chinese: (), Historical English names: ''Lew Chew'', ''Lewchew'', ''Luchu'', and ''Loochoo'', Historical French name: ''Liou-tchou'', Historical Dutch name: ''Lioe-kioe'' was a kingdom in the ...
.
Shō Shoku was born into a family of peasant farmers on
Izena Island
is located in the East China Sea, north-west of Okinawa Island, in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The island has a diameter of about and is surrounded by coral reefs, blue sea, and white beaches. It is administered as Izena Village. The five se ...
, a small island which lies off the northwestern coast of
Okinawa Island
is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately long, an average wide, and has an ...
. He married Zuiun (), and had a daughter and two sons: Abu-ganashi (), Shō En, and
Shō Sen'i.
Shō Shoku and his wife died when their offsprings were young. He was posthumously honored as king in 1699, and his
spirit tablet
A spirit tablet, memorial tablet, or ancestral tablet, is a placard used to designate the seat of a deity or past ancestor as well as to enclose it. The name of the deity or past ancestor is usually inscribed onto the tablet. With origins in tr ...
was placed in
Sōgen-ji
was a Buddhist temple and royal mausoleum of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa. It was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526), and destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.
In 1496, memorial tablets representing ...
. His title was stripped in 1719, and his spirit tablet was moved to
Tennō-ji.
[''Kyūyō'', vol.10]
References
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Second Shō dynasty
People of the Ryukyu Kingdom
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