Thus, in 1879 the Ryukyu Kingdom was forcibly demolished and the Okinawa Prefecture was created instead, SHO Tai was forced to abdicate and vacate the royal residence of Shuri-jo Castle, whereby the Ryukyu Kingdom disappeared.
然うして光緒5年（1879年）の所謂琉球処分の断行で琉球藩に沖縄県が設置されると、王号を剥奪され居城の首里城も追われ、琉球王国は消滅した。