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*''Born: [[1494]]''
*''Died: [[1540]]''
*''Titles'': 浦添王子 ''(Urasoe ôji, [[Okinawan language|O]]: Urashii wuuji, Prince of Urasoe)''
*''Other Names'': [[浦添]] 朝満 ''(Urasoe Chôman)''
*''Japanese'': [[尚]] 維衡 ''(Shô Ikô)''
Shô Ikô was the first son of King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], by his first wife, Queen [[Kyojin]]. For reasons which remain unclear, he faced considerable hostility at court and ended his life in exile, never acceding to the throne. The line of succession did eventually return to his descendants (the so-called "Urasoe branch" of the royal family), however, with one of his great-grandsons taking the throne in [[1589]] as King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]].
Born in [[1494]], Shô Ikô was for some reason in disfavor within the royal court or family by [[1501]], when he was still a young child. He was granted favor again and was named crown prince in [[1507]], but quickly afterward came under attack from his father's consort Kagô, who wished to see her own son succeed to the throne. By [[1509]], Kagô or her allies had convinced Shô Shin to order his son, the teenage Shô Ikô, executed. He somehow escaped execution but lived the remainder of his life in [[Urasoe]]. Meanwhile, Kagô's son was named crown prince in [[1508]] or [[1509]] and took the throne as King [[Sho Sei|Shô Sei]] upon their father's death in [[1526]].
Despite his disfavored relationship with the royal court, however, some of Shô Ikô's descendants managed to retain prominence and favor. His eldest daughter (name and dates unknown) is entombed at the royal mausoleum of [[Tamaudun]].<ref>Plaques on-site at Tamaudun,</ref> and another daughter, [[Bainan]], was the second woman to serve as ''[[kikoe-ogimi|kikôe-ôgimi]]'' (high priestess) of the kingdom,<ref>Plaques on-site at [[Miima udun]], Shuri. Shô Ikô's eldest son was known as [[Sho Kogyo|Shô Kôgyô]] (Urasoe Chôkyô); his eldest son in turn was named [[Sho I|Shô I]]; and Shô I's eldest son, a great-grandson of Shô Ikô, regained the throne from Shô Sei's line in 1589, taking the throne as King Shô Nei.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 132-133.
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*''Died: [[1540]]''
*''Titles'': 浦添王子 ''(Urasoe ôji, [[Okinawan language|O]]: Urashii wuuji, Prince of Urasoe)''
*''Other Names'': [[浦添]] 朝満 ''(Urasoe Chôman)''
*''Japanese'': [[尚]] 維衡 ''(Shô Ikô)''
Shô Ikô was the first son of King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], by his first wife, Queen [[Kyojin]]. For reasons which remain unclear, he faced considerable hostility at court and ended his life in exile, never acceding to the throne. The line of succession did eventually return to his descendants (the so-called "Urasoe branch" of the royal family), however, with one of his great-grandsons taking the throne in [[1589]] as King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]].
Born in [[1494]], Shô Ikô was for some reason in disfavor within the royal court or family by [[1501]], when he was still a young child. He was granted favor again and was named crown prince in [[1507]], but quickly afterward came under attack from his father's consort Kagô, who wished to see her own son succeed to the throne. By [[1509]], Kagô or her allies had convinced Shô Shin to order his son, the teenage Shô Ikô, executed. He somehow escaped execution but lived the remainder of his life in [[Urasoe]]. Meanwhile, Kagô's son was named crown prince in [[1508]] or [[1509]] and took the throne as King [[Sho Sei|Shô Sei]] upon their father's death in [[1526]].
Despite his disfavored relationship with the royal court, however, some of Shô Ikô's descendants managed to retain prominence and favor. His eldest daughter (name and dates unknown) is entombed at the royal mausoleum of [[Tamaudun]].<ref>Plaques on-site at Tamaudun,</ref> and another daughter, [[Bainan]], was the second woman to serve as ''[[kikoe-ogimi|kikôe-ôgimi]]'' (high priestess) of the kingdom,<ref>Plaques on-site at [[Miima udun]], Shuri. Shô Ikô's eldest son was known as [[Sho Kogyo|Shô Kôgyô]] (Urasoe Chôkyô); his eldest son in turn was named [[Sho I|Shô I]]; and Shô I's eldest son, a great-grandson of Shô Ikô, regained the throne from Shô Sei's line in 1589, taking the throne as King Shô Nei.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 132-133.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
