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*''Born: [[1800]]/10/18''
*''Died: Kyôwa 3/12/26 (Feb 7, [[1804]])
*''Childhood Name'': 思徳金 ''(Umitokugani)''
*''Japanese'': [[尚]] 成 ''(Shou Sei)''

Shô Sei was king of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] from [[1802]] until his death in [[1804]].

The eldest son of King [[Sho On|Shô On]], he became king at the age of three, following his father's sudden death on 1802/7/11. King Shô Sei was formally enthroned later that same lunar year (12/13, but Jan 6, [[1803]] on the Western calendar). He reigned for little more than year, however, before dying quite young (at the age of four or five). Shô Sei was succeeded by an uncle who then took the throne as [[King Sho Ko|Shô Kô]].

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|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Sho On|Shô On]]'''
|width="35%"|'''King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]'''<br> 1802-1804
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Sho Ko (尚灝)|Shô Kô]]'''
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-41744.html Shô Sei]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B0%9A%E6%88%90%E7%8E%8B-1082384 Shô Sei]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha.

[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]