King of Ryukyu
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King of Ryūkyū, also known as King of Lew Chew, King of Chūzan, or more officially Ryūkyū Kingdom's King of Chūzan, was the title held by several lineages in Okinawa Island from 1372 until the monarch
Crown of the King of Ryūkyū
Mamoru Shō
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Mamoru Shō is an ethnic Ryukyuan businessman who is the current head of the Shō family, the former Ryukyuan royal family. He lives in Ise City, Mie Prefecture.
King of Ryukyu
…peasant turned prime minister Itō Hirobumi who received the rank of prince (公爵, Kōshaku) in recognition for his achievements in the Meiji Restoration. Mamoru Shō is the current pretender to the Okinawan throne. The earliest known form of the narrative dates to the reign of King Shō Shin of the Second Shō dynasty…
Shō in 2019