Shō Tai
On 27 March 1879, Shō Tai formally abdicated upon the orders of Tokyo, which abolished "Ryukyu han" and created Okinawa Prefecture, with officials appointed from Tokyo to administer the islands. The former King was made to leave his palace, which he did on 30 March, and to move to Tokyo, which he did after some delays owing to supposed illness and inability to travel, leaving Okinawa finally on 27 May, and arriving in Yokohama on 8 June, whence he traveled with his entourage of 96 courtiers to Tokyo.