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{{short description|Japanese politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Family name hatnote|Shō|lang=Okinawan}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Kazoku|Marquess]]
|name          = Shō Shō
|native_name   = 尚昌
|native_name_lang = ja
|image       = 尚昌 (Sho Sho).jpg
|image_size  = 200px
|caption     = Marquess Shō Shō
|office1        = Member of [[House of Peers (Japan)|House of Peers]]
|order1         =
|term_start1    = 21 October 1920
|term_end1      = 19 June 1923
|predecessor1   =
|successor1     =
|monarch1       = [[Emperor Taishō|Taishō]]
|birth_date    = {{Birth date|1888|09|17|df=yes}}
|birth_place   = [[Shuri, Okinawa]]
|death_date    = {{Death date and age|1923|06|19|1888|09|17|df=yes}}
|death_place   = Tokyo, [[Empire of Japan]]
|resting_place = [[Kan'ei-ji]], Tokyo
|father        = [[Shō Ten]]
|mother        = Shōko, Nodake Aji-ganashi
|spouse        = Shō Momoko (née Ogasawara)
|children      = [[Ii Fumiko]], [[Hiroshi Shō]], Sakai Sayako
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shō Shō'''|尚昌|Shō Shō|extra=17 September 1888 &ndash; 19 June 1923}}, was the head of the [[Second Shō dynasty|Shō family]], the former [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] royal family, and upon his father's death in 1920, he became head of the family and inherited the title of Marquess. Like most members of the ''[[kazoku]]'' system of peerage, and all heads of the Shō family since the abolition of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he lived in [[Tokyo]] for his whole life. He died in June 1923, and was succeeded by his son, [[Hiroshi Shō]].
==Life==
Shō Shō was the grandson of [[Shō Tai]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/尚昌-1082328 |title=尚昌 しょう-しょう |website=[[Kotobank]] |url-status=live |archive-date=Jun 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619072648/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B0%9A%E6%98%8C-1082328 |language=ja |access-date=24 June 2023 }}</ref> the last king of the [[Ryūkyū Kingdom]]. He was born to [[Shō Ten]] and (Shoko) Nodake Aji-ganashi, the last [[Nakagusuku, Okinawa#Prince of Nakagusuku|Prince of Nakagusuku]] of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He went to Tokyo in 1896 and enrolled in Gakushuin Elementary School, and in 1909, he dropped out of Kyushu High School. At the recommendation of his father he attended Oxford University (accompanied by Masayoshi Kamiyama). After returning to Japan with his bachelor's degree in 1915, he became an archaeologist. In 1920, he became a Marquess upon the death of his father, and joined the Japanese House of Lords on 21 October.<ref>『帝国議会会議録』第44議会 貴族院「貴族院議員の異動」。 "Imperial Council Proceedings" 44th Parliament House of Peers House of Councilors "Transfiguration of the House of Representatives".</ref> In mid-1923, during a trip to China, he developed appendicitis and died on 19 June in Tokyo.<ref>『官報』第3270号、「帝国議会」1923年06月25日。"Official Gazette" No. 3270, "Imperial Council" 25 June 1923.</ref> His tomb is located in Ueno, Taito-ward, in Tokyo.
==Family==
He married Momoko Ogasawara (born 3 January 1896; died 11 February 1950; marriage date unknown), the daughter of Ogasawara Tadashi. On 18 September 1918, his eldest son [[Hiroshi Shō]] was born. His eldest daughter was called Fumiko (who later married Koi Ii, a former Mayor of Hikone), and a second daughter was called Kiyoko (who later married Tadahiro Sakai, the former Obama clan family head).
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[[Category:1888 births]]
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[[Category:People from Naha]]
[[Category:Second Shō dynasty]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Peers (Japan)]]
[[Category:People of Meiji-period Japan]]
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