, also known by his Chinese style name , was a
Ryukyuan prince who served as ''
sessei
was the highest government post of the Ryūkyū Kingdom below the king; the ''sessei'' served the function of royal or national advisor. In the Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language at the time, the pronunciation was closer to ''shisshii'', and h ...
'', a post often translated as "prime minister", from 1589 to 1610.
Shō Kō was the second son of
Shō I , also known by Prince , was a royal of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was the third head of a royal family, ''Oroku Udun'' (), and was also father of King Shō Nei.
Shō I was a grandson of Urasoe Chōman (Shō Ikō), the deposed crown prince of King Shō ...
(Prince Yonagusuku Chōken) and Shuriōkimi Aji-ganashi. He was also the little brother of King
Shō Nei
was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1589 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 Sh ...
.
Satsuma invaded Ryukyu in the spring of 1609. Shō Kō was taken to
Sunpu together with King Shō Nei and a number of high officials by
Satsuma
Satsuma may refer to:
* Satsuma (fruit), a citrus fruit
* ''Satsuma'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails
Places Japan
* Satsuma, Kagoshima, a Japanese town
* Satsuma District, Kagoshima, a district in Kagoshima Prefecture
* Satsuma Domain, a ...
troops. He died and was buried there.
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1578 births
1610 deaths
Princes of Ryūkyū
Sessei
16th-century Ryukyuan people
17th-century Ryukyuan people
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