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Shō Jun (1660–1707)

son of Shō Tei, the 11th king of the Ryukyu Kingdom

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ1028315 ↗
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Shō Jun (尚純; 1660–1707) was a Crown Prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the son of King Shō Tei.

At the age of 9, he was named Prince of Nakagusuku, and given Sashiki and Nakagusuku magiri as his domains. His domain was changed to that of Kume Gushikawa magiri in 1676, and to Sashiki and Nakazato magiri in 1689.

He died in 1707 before being able to succeed to the throne of the kingdom, and was entombed in the royal mausoleum of Tamaudun.

References

"Shō Jun." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Ryukyu Shimpo (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 3 January 2009.

Editorial summary

“Shō Jun (1660–1707)” enters the record as son of Shō Tei, the 11th king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what 11th, king and Ryukyu can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1660, 1707, 1676, 1689—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1660-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around 11th, king and Ryukyu.
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Why this record matters

“Shō Jun (1660–1707)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, 11th, king and Ryukyu provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1028315. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1660, 1707, 1676 and 1689.

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This entry incorporates text from “Shō Jun (1660–1707)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.