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Answer: C Shuri Castle, where Sho Hashi and all subsequent Ryukyu kings lived, does not look like the castles found on the Japanese mainland. It is a colorful building that was influenced by the palaces of Chinese and Korean rulers. 
In 1429 Sho Hashi founded the Ryukyu Kingdom. He fixed Shuri Castle as his base, and from then on it was the focal point of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The kingdom engaged actively in trade with surrounding countries and regions, including China, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan. Through this trade the Ryukyu Kingdom built its own unique culture by absorbing elements from China, Japan, and other places, and from the late fifteenth century the golden age of the Ryukyu Kingdom began.In 1609 the Satsuma clan invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom and incorporated it into Japan's shogunate system while retaining the kingdom system and its links with China. After modern Japan was born, in 1879 the Ryukyu Kingdom came to an end, becoming Okinawa Prefecture. |
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