Shō Sei

King of Ryūkyū

Shō Sei
尚清 shoo shii

King of Ryūkyū

Reign

1526-1555

Predecessor

Shō Shin

Successor

Shō Gen

Born

Manikiyotarugani (真仁堯樽金 manichutarugani)
1497

Died

1555

Burial

Tamaudun, Shuri

Spouse

Umimajingani Ajiganashi

Concubine

Mazuru-gane, Shirono Ōajishirare
Maninaku-gane, Ōajishirare
Mayojin-gane, Ōajishirare
Yonabaru Agomosirare

Issue

Shō Tei, Crown Prince Nakagusuku
Shō Gen, Prince Kume-Nakagusuku
Shō Yōsō, Prince Katsuren Chōsō
Shō Kanshin, Prince Ōie
Shō Kan, Prince Chatan Chōri
Shō Hankoku, Prince Kochinda Chōten
Shō Sōken, Prince Ie Chōgi
Shō Kōtoku, Prince Yuntanza Chōbyo
Shō Kyōrei, Prince Tomigusuku Chōkyō
Shō Etsu, Prince Haneji Chōbu
Princess Aoriyae Ajiganashi
Princess Shuriōkimi Ajiganashi

Names
Shō Sei (尚清)

Divine name

Tenitsugi-no-ajisohe (天続之按司添 tin chiji nu ajishii)^[1]

House

Second Shō dynasty

Father

Shō Shin

Mother

Umitugani Ajiganashi

Shō Sei (尚清, 1497–1555) was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1526 to 1555.^[2] He was the fifth son of King Shō Shin, who he succeeded.

Shō Sei suppressed a rebellion on Amami Ōshima in 1537 and took steps to improve defenses against wakō that same year.

Shō Sei died in 1555 and was succeeded by his second son Shō Gen.

Notes

^ 琉球国王の神号と『おもろさうし』 (PDF) (in Japanese).
^ Kerr, George H. (2000). Okinawa: The History of an Island People, pp. 115–116., p. 115, at Google Books

References

Kerr, George H. (1965). Okinawa, the History of an Island People. Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle Co. OCLC 39242121
Smits, Gregory. (1999). Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-824-82037-4; OCLC 39633631