Reign 1710–1712 Successor Sho Kei Name Sho Eki | Predecessor Sho Tei Burial Tamaudun, Shuri | |
Born 7 December 1678 ( 1678-12-07 ) Died 16 August 1712(1712-08-16) (aged 33) Spouse Kon Ko, Kikoe-okimi-ganashi | ||
Sho Eki (尚 益, 1678–1712) was the 12th king of the Second Sho Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom, who ruled from 1710 to 1712.
It was said that he was born with harelip, which made his grandfather Sho 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.
Sho Eki succeeded his grandfather Sho Tei as king in 1710, and died two years later.
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