was king 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 ...
from 1526 to 1555.
[Kerr, George H. (2000). ] He was the fifth son of King
Shō Shin
was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the third ruler of 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 ...
, who he succeeded.
Life
Shō Sei suppressed a rebellion on
Amami Ōshima
, also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami Islands, Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa. It is one of the Satsunan Islands, all of which belong to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The island, 712.35 ...
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
*
Imperial Chinese missions to the Ryukyu Kingdom
Notes
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
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...
.
OCLC 39633631
1497 births
1555 deaths
Second Shō dynasty
Kings of Ryūkyū
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