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Nakijin Chōfu
Prince Gushikawa, later known as , also known by the Chinese-style name , was a Ryukyu Kingdom, Ryukyuan prince and founder of the Nakijin cadet branch as the son of Shō Iku, king of Ryukyu, and the regent for his older brother Shō Tai, the final king, from 1875 to 1879. He was created a in the Kazoku, ''kazoku'' (peerage) of the Empire of Japan, Japanese Empire following the Ryukyu Disposition, annexation of Ryukyu into Okinawa Prefecture. Sometimes he was called for short. Prince Nakijin was the third son of King Shō Iku, and he was also a younger brother of King Shō Tai. In 1879, the Meiji Japanese government decided to abolish the Ryukyu Domain, and sent Matsuda Michiyuki to Shuri Castle, Shuri. At this time, Shō Tai claimed illness and let him to handle government affairs. Prince Nakijin tried to prevent Ryukyu from annexation by Japan but failed. After Ryukyu was annexed by Japan in 1879, Prince Nakijin was incorporated into the newly established ''kazoku'' peerage; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazoku
The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. It was formed by merging the feudal lords (''Daimyo, daimyō'') and court nobles (''kuge'') into one system modelled after the British peerage. Distinguished military officers, politicians, and scholars were occasionally ennobled until the country's defeat in the World War II, Second World War in 1945 (). The system was abolished with the Constitution of Japan, 1947 constitution, which prohibited any form of aristocracy under it, but ''kazoku'' descendants still form the core of the traditional upper class in the country's society, distinct from the nouveau riche. should not be confused with , which is pronounced the same in Japanese, but written with different characters, meaning "immediate family" (as in the film ''Kazoku (film), Kazoku'' above). Origins Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the ancient court nobility of Kyoto, the , regained some of its lost status. Several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
