Shō Sei

For the 19th-century king of Ryūkyū, see Shō Sei (r. 1803).

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

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)
House	Second Shō dynasty
Father	Shō Shin
Mother	Umitugani Ajiganashi

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.

See also

• Imperial Chinese missions to the Ryukyu Kingdom

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