Gushichan Chōsei | |
Native Name: | 具志頭 朝盛 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | sessei of Ryukyu |
Term Start: | 1589 |
Term End: | 1610 |
Predecessor: | vancant |
Successor: | Kikuin Sōi |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1578 |
Birth Place: | Shuri, Ryukyu Kingdom |
Death Place: | Sunpu, Suruga Province, Japan |
Blank1: | Childhood name |
Blank2: | Chinese name |
Data2: | Shō Kō (尚 宏) |
Blank3: | Rank |
Data3: | Wōji |
Parents: | Shō I (father) |
, also known by his Chinese style name, was a Ryukyuan prince who served as sessei, a post often translated as "prime minister", from 1589 to 1610.
Shō Kō was the second son of Shō I (Prince Yonagusuku Chōken) and Shuriōkimi Aji-ganashi. He was also the little brother of King Shō Nei.
Satsuma invaded Ryukyu in the spring of 1609. Shō Kō was taken to Sunpu together with King Shō Nei and a number of high officials by Satsuma troops. He died and was buried there.
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