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Shō Eki

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Reign
  
1710–1712

Successor
  
Shō Kei

Parents
  
Shō Jun

Grandchild
  
Shō Boku

Predecessor
  
Shō Tei

Died
  
16 August 1712

Children
  
Shō Kei

Born
  
7 December 1678 (
1678-12-07
)

Spouse
  
Kon Kō, Kikoe-ōkimi-ganashi

Concubine
  
Iri no Aji Miyagi Agunshitari-agomoshirare Cinen Agunshitari-agomoshirare

Issue
  
Shō Kei, Crown Prince Nakagusuku Shō Tetsu, Prince Chatan Chōki Princess Kadekaru Princess Kohagura Princess Tomimori Princess Uchima

Places of burial
  
Tamaudun, Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Shuri, Okinawa, Japan

Similar
  
Shō Tei, Shō Boku, Shō Kei, Shō Hō, Shō Gen

Shō Eki (尚 益, 1678–1712) was the 12th king of the Second Shō Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom, who ruled from 1710 to 1712.

It was said that he was born with harelip, which made his grandfather Shō Tei worry. Fortunately, a Ryukyuan named Takamine Tokumei (高嶺徳明) met a Chinese doctor Huang Huiyou (黃會友) in Fuzhou. Huang taught Takamine how to repair a cleft palate. Takamine came back to Ryukyu in 1688, and had the Prince's lip repaired in the next year.

Shō Eki succeeded his grandfather Shō Tei as king in 1710, and died two years later.

References

Shō Eki Wikipedia