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.
See also
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