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Shō Sei

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Reign
  
1497–1555

Successor
  
Sho Gen

Burial
  
Tamaudun, Shuri

Predecessor
  
Sho Shin

Died
  
1555

Name
  
Sho Sei

Spouse
  
Umimajingani Ajiganashi

Shō Sei (尚清) (1497–1555) was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1526 to 1555. He was the fifth son of King Shō Shin, who he succeeded.

Shō Sei suppressed a rebellion on Amami Ōshima 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.

References

Shō Sei Wikipedia