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Shô Sei took the throne in [[1527]] and received [[investiture]] shortly afterward. He suppressed a rebellion on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] in 1537, and took steps to improve defenses against ''[[wako|wakô]]'' that same year.
Shô Sei took the throne in [[1527]] and received [[investiture]] shortly afterward. He suppressed a rebellion on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] in 1537, and took steps to improve defenses against ''[[wako|wakô]]'' that same year.
Shô Sei died in 1555, and was succeeded by his second son [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]].
Shô Sei fell ill in 1555, and called upon his top advisors, the [[Sanshikan|Council of Three]], to protect and support his heir, [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]]. All agreed, but later two of those advisors, [[Kunigami Keimei]] (Wa Ibi) and [[Gusukuma Shushin|Gusukuma Shûshin]] (Katsu Kashô), turned against Shô Gen, declaring him weak and unfit for the throne and supporting Prince Ie (Shô Kanshin) instead. The third Council member, [[Aragusuku Anki]] (Mô Ryûgin), remained loyal to Shô Gen, admonishing the other two. The ''[[Chuzan seikan|Chûzan seikan]]'', an official history compiled by officials in service to the [[Sho dynasty|Shô dynasty]] several centuries later, asserts that all the loyal and righteous officials in the court supported Aragusuku and Shô Gen against these two "wicked" ministers. What truly transpired next is unclear, but in the end, following Shô Sei's death later that same year, Aragusuku's faction won out. Shô Gen took the throne, and Kunigami and Gusukuma were exiled to [[Kumejima]] and [[Iheyajima]] respectively.<ref>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 142.</ref>
*Smits, Gregory (1999). ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
*Smits, Gregory (1999). ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
*Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 132-133.
*Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 132-133.
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