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Shō Tai

1843 - 1901

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Marquess Shō Tai (尚 泰, 3 August 1843 – 19 August 1901) was the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (8 June 1848 – 10 October 1872) and the head of the Ryukyu Domain (10 October 1872 – 27 March 1879). His reign saw greatly increased interactions with travelers from abroad, particularly from Europe and the United States, as well as the eventual end of the kingdom and its annexation by Japan as Ryukyu Domain (later Okinawa Prefecture). In 1879, the deposed king was forced to relocate to Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shō Tai has received more than 241,346 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Shō Tai is the 7,171st most popular politician (down from 7,014th in 2019), the 561st most popular biography from Japan (up from 594th in 2019) and the 224th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shō Tai ranks 7,171 out of 15,577. Before him are Wu Peifu, Sayf al-Dawla, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, and Nitobe Inazō. After him are Suleiman II, Gaius Terentius Varro, Alexander Gauland, Alberic I of Spoleto, Nestor Lakoba, and Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Shō Tai ranks 40. Before him are Robert Todd Lincoln, Karl Michael Ziehrer, Antonio Labriola, Lydia Koidula, Julio Argentino Roca, and Eugene de Blaas. After him are Bernhard Förster, Adelina Patti, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Christina Nilsson, and Frederick Abberline. Among people deceased in 1901, Shō Tai ranks 29. Before him are George Francis FitzGerald, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Adolf Eugen Fick, Iosif Gurko, Princess Januária of Brazil, and Lev Ivanov. After him are François-Marie Raoult, Nikolaos Gyzis, John Kemp Starley, Leopoldo Alas, Leon Czolgosz, and Mahadev Govind Ranade.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shō Tai ranks 561 out of 6,048. Before him are Shogo Kamo (1915), Yukio Goto (null), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Yukiya Amano (1947), Emperor Shirakawa (1053), and Nitobe Inazō (1862). After him are Isao Tomita (1932), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Shigeo Shingo (1909), Saizo Saito (1908), and Takashi Murakami (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shō Tai ranks 224. Before him are Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Muryeong of Baekje (462), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Emperor Shirakawa (1053), and Nitobe Inazō (1862). After him are Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Korechika Anami (1887), Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), Emperor Ichijō (980), and Sōsuke Uno (1922).

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