was king of

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 ...

who ruled from 1444 to 1449.

Life

Shō Shitatsu was the eldest son of king

Shō Chū was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom of the First Shō dynasty. He ruled from 1439 to 1444. Life Shō Chū was the second son of his father, King Shō Hashi. After his father conquered the Kingdom of Hokuzan, Shō Chū was appointed in 1422. S ...

. He died in 1449 without an heir and his uncle

Shō Kinpuku was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom of the First Shō dynasty. Life Shō Kinpuku succeeded his nephew, Shō Shitatsu, in 1449. A one-kilometer-long dam, which known as , was built in 1451 by Kaiki (Ryukyu), Kaiki, a somewhat mysterious figure fro ...

was installed as the king.

References

''Chūzan Seifu''(中山世譜)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sho, Shitatsu Kings of Ryūkyū First Shō dynasty 1408 births 1449 deaths