, also known by Prince , was a royal of the

Ryukyu Kingdom The Ryukyu Kingdom, Middle Chinese: , , Classical Chinese: (), Historical English names: ''Lew Chew'', ''Lewchew'', ''Luchu'', and ''Loochoo'', Historical French name: ''Liou-tchou'', Historical Dutch name: ''Lioe-kioe'' was a kingdom in the ...

. He was the third head of a royal family, ''

Oroku Udun ''Uruku'' is a district on the southern edge of the city of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan. It was formerly a village independent from Naha, but it was incorporated into the city in 1954. The village hosted an airfield ...

'' (), and was also father of King

Shō Nei was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1587 to 1620. He reigned during the 1609 invasion of Ryukyu and was the first king of Ryukyu to be a vassal to the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, a Japanese feudal domain. Shō Nei was the great-grandson of Shō Shin ...

. Shō I was a grandson of

Urasoe Chōman is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The neighboring municipalities are Naha to the south, Ginowan to the north, and Nishihara to the east. As of November 2012, the city has an estimated population of 113,718 and a population den ...

(Shō Ikō), the deposed crown prince of King

Shō Shin was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the third ruler the second Shō dynasty. Shō Shin's long reign has been described as "the Great Days of Chūzan", a period of great peace and relative prosperity. He was the son of Shō En, the founder of the dyn ...

. His father was

Urasoe Chōkyō is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The neighboring municipalities are Naha to the south, Ginowan to the north, and Nishihara to the east. As of November 2012, the city has an estimated population of 113,718 and a population den ...

Urasoe Chōshi was a politician and bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was also known by his Chinese style name or . Urasoe Chōshi was the sixth son of Prince Urasoe Chōkyō (). He was also an uncle of King Shō Nei. After Shō Nei ascended to the throne ...

was one of his younger brother. Shō I had two famous sons: the eldest son was King

, the second son was

Gushichan Chōsei , also known by his Chinese style name , was a Ryukyuan prince who served as ''sessei'', a post often translated as "prime minister", from 1589 to 1610. Shō Kō was the second son of Shō I (Prince Yonagusuku Chōken) and Shuriōkimi Aji-gana ...

. He died in 1584, and buried in

Urasoe yōdore is one of the three royal mausoleums of the Ryukyu Kingdom, along with Tamaudun at Shuri Castle and Izena Tamaudun near Izena Castle in Izena, Okinawa. It is located in Urasoe, Okinawa, in a cave on a cliff to the northeast of Urasoe Castle. ...

. Shō I was posthumously honored as king in 1699, and his

spirit tablet A spirit tablet, memorial tablet, or ancestral tablet, is a placard used to designate the seat of a deity or past ancestor as well as to enclose it. The name of the deity or past ancestor is usually inscribed onto the tablet. With origins in tr ...

was placed in

Sōgen-ji was a Buddhist temple and royal mausoleum of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa. It was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526), and destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa. In 1496, memorial tablets representing ...

. His title was stripped in 1719, and his spirit tablet was moved to

Tenkai-ji was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal ''bodaiji'' of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa. The temple was erected by Keiin Ansen () during the reign of King Shō Taikyū (r. 1454–1460). The Mahavira Hall was built in 1466, a ''bons ...

.''Kyūyō'', vol.10

References

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