Kikoe-ōgimi explained

[1] was the highest ranking priestess of the Ryukyuan religion during the period of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The position of was formally established during the reign of King Shō Shin in order to centralize the religious order. Only a royal woman could be appointed to the position of .

After Ryukyu's annexation by Japan in 1879, this position was formally abolished, but the last continued her role until her death in 1944.

List of

NumberName (personal Okinawan name)BirthDeathAscensionNotes
1Tsukikiyora (月清)Otochitonomoigane (音智殿茂金)??During Shō Shin's reigndaughter of Shō En
2Umeminami (梅南)Makatotaru (真加戸樽)?1577During Shō Gen's reigndaughter of
3Umegaku (梅岳)?16051577concubine of Shō Gen
4Tsukimine (月嶺)Umimuta (思武太)158416531605daughter of Shō Ei
5Enshin (円心)161716771653daughter of Kin Chōtei
6Tsukishin (月心)Umimazurugani (思真鶴金)164517031677concubine of Shō Tei
7Yoshikumo (義雲)Umidogani (思戸金)166417231703
8坤宏Umimazurugani (思真鶴金)168017651723spouse of Shō Eki, also mother of Shō Kei
9仁室Umikamitarugani (思亀樽金)170517791766spouse of Shō Kei, also mother of Shō Boku
10寛室Mazurugani (真鶴金)171917841780daughter Shō Kei
11順成Umidogani (思戸金)172117891784daughter Shō Kei
12徳沢Manabitarugani (真鍋樽金)176217951789concubine of Shō Tetsu
13法雲Makamitaru (思亀樽)176518341789daughter of Shō Boku
14仙徳Makamitaru (思亀樽)178518691834spouse of Shō On
15Nakaima Ōshu (仲井間翁主)Mazurugani (真鶴金)1817?1870daughter of Shō Kō
16Asato Ōshu (安里翁主)Moushigani (真牛金)18251909Meijidaughter of Shō Kō
17Namie Ōshu (安室翁主)Manabitaru (真鍋樽)18741944Taishōdaughter of Shō Tai
18Nakijin Nobuko (今帰仁 延子)188719671944daughter of Shō Ten
19 (井伊 文子)19172004?daughter of Shō Shō
20Nozu Keiko (野津 圭子)19472019?daughter of Hiroshi Shō
21Maki Shō (尚 満喜)1984Living2019daughter of Mamoru Shō

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/srnh/details.php?ID=SN20997 チフィジン