Shō Sei

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Shō Sei (尚清) (1497 – 1555) was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom from 1527 to 1555. 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.

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Preceded by
Shō Shin		 King of Ryūkyū
1527–1555		 Succeeded by
Shō Gen

[edit] References

  • Kerr, George (1958). Okinawa: The History of an Island People. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company.
  • Smits, Gregory (1999). Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
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