History・Okinawa

Ryukyu DispositionRyukyu Shobun

Also known as: 琉球処分

The name for the 1879 measures by which the Meiji government abolished Ryukyu Domain and established Okinawa Prefecture. They ended the roughly 450-year Ryukyu Kingdom, and the last king, Sho Tai, was moved to Tokyo.

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