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Shō Tai

1843 - 1901

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Shō Tai (尚 泰; 3 August 1843 – 19 August 1901) was the final King of Ryukyu, initially as hereditary king of the Qing tributary Ryukyu Kingdom from 8 June 1848 until 10 October 1872 and finally as the Japanese appointed Domain King by Emperor Meiji, ultimately leading to his deposition and relocation to Tokyo by the Meiji Government on 11 March 1879. In May 1885, in compensation, he was made a Kōshaku (侯爵, marquess), the second tier of nobility in the kazoku peerage system. This entitled him to a hereditary seat in the House of Peers as well as a stipend from the government. Overall, his reign saw the eradication of the dual-loyalty system of the supposedly independent Ryukyuan kingdom in favour of the Japanese rather than that of the Qing dynasty or the Satsuma Domain specifically, and the annexation of Ryukyu into Okinawa Prefecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shō Tai is the 7,342nd most popular politician (down from 6,787th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Japan (down from 519th in 2019) and the 215th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shō Tai ranks 7,342 out of 19,576. Before him are King Xuan of Zhou, Zhang Juzheng, Ado of Vienne, Salvius Julianus, Sinan Pasha, and Alexandros Panagoulis. After him are Basil of Trebizond, Giorgi Saakadze, Liuva II, Juan Vicente Gómez, Muhammad Naji al-Otari, and Giovanni Mocenigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Shō Tai ranks 41. Before him are Frederic W. H. Myers, Adelina Patti, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Robert Todd Lincoln, Odoardo Beccari, and Eugene de Blaas. After him are Julio Argentino Roca, Kitty Lange Kielland, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Elizabeth Stride, Pedro Américo, and Otto Kuntze. Among people deceased in 1901, Shō Tai ranks 29. Before him are Josef Rheinberger, Zénobe Gramme, Paul Rée, Nikolaos Gyzis, Frederic W. H. Myers, and François-Marie Raoult. After him are Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Jacob Georg Agardh, Iosif Gurko, Leopoldo Alas, and Lev Ivanov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shō Tai ranks 616 out of 6,245. Before him are Fujiwara no Kamatari (614), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Masako Nozawa (1936), Kusunoki Masashige (1294), and Masaaki Hatsumi (1931). After him are Soemu Toyoda (1885), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Hiroshi Ōshima (1886), and Ken Naganuma (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shō Tai ranks 215. Before him are Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Suzaku (923), Sōsuke Uno (1922), Fujiwara no Kamatari (614), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), and Kusunoki Masashige (1294). After him are Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), Takeo Miki (1907), Korechika Anami (1887), and Ukita Hideie (1573).

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