Shō Hashi was a king of Chūzan, one of three tributary states to China on the western Pacific island of Okinawa. He is traditionally described as the unifier of Okinawa and the founder of the Ryukyu K
An early twentieth-century stele commemorating Hashi at his Sashiki Castle
The Ankokuzan Jukaboku no Kihi (安国山樹華木之記), erected by Sho Hashi in 1427
The site of the tomb attributed to Hashi, Shō Chu, and Shō Shitatsu
Chūzan was one of three kingdoms which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century. Okinawa, previously controlled by a number of local chieftains or lords, loosely bound by a paramount chieftain or king o
Shō Hashi
…Shō Hashi (1372 – 1439) was a king of Chūzan, one of three tributary states to China on the western Pacific island of Okinawa. He is traditionally described as the unifier of Okinawa and the founder…
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