, also known by Prince , was a royal of the

Ryukyu Kingdom The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a Tributary system of China, tributary state of Ming dynasty, imperial Ming China by the King of Ryukyu, Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island t ...

. He was father of King Shō Hō. Shō Kyū was the third son of King Shō Gen, and was the originator of a royal family, '' Kin Udun'' (). He had three famous sons: the eldest son King Shō Hō; the fourth son Kin Chōtei; and the seventh son Gushikawa Chōei. Shō Kyū was posthumously honored as king in 1699, and his

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

was placed in Sōgen-ji. His title was stripped in 1719, and his spirit tablet was moved to Tennō-ji.''Kyūyō'', vol.10

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Sho, Kyu Second Shō dynasty Princes of Ryūkyū 16th-century Ryukyuan people 1560 deaths 1620 deaths