Shō Tai
Following the abolition of the kingdom in 1879, Shō Jun, along with the rest of the Ryukyuan royal family, was made a baron in the new Japanese "kazoku" system of peerage. His father, King Shō Tai, was made ; after his death in 1901, Shō Jun's eldest brother Shō Ten inherited the title. After the end of the formal mourning period, the Shō family gave up the trappings, rituals, and formal costume of Ryukyuan royalty and adopted the lifestyle and customs of the Japanese aristocracy.