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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