[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.
Number | Name | (personal Okinawan name) | Birth | Death | Ascension | Notes |
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1 | Tsukikiyora (月清) | Otochitonomoigane (音智殿茂金) | ? | ? | During Shō Shin's reign | daughter of Shō En |
2 | Umeminami (梅南) | Makatotaru (真加戸樽) | ? | 1577 | During Shō Gen's reign | daughter of |
3 | Umegaku (梅岳) | ? | 1605 | 1577 | concubine of Shō Gen | |
4 | Tsukimine (月嶺) | Umimuta (思武太) | 1584 | 1653 | 1605 | daughter of Shō Ei |
5 | Enshin (円心) | 1617 | 1677 | 1653 | daughter of Kin Chōtei | |
6 | Tsukishin (月心) | Umimazurugani (思真鶴金) | 1645 | 1703 | 1677 | concubine of Shō Tei |
7 | Yoshikumo (義雲) | Umidogani (思戸金) | 1664 | 1723 | 1703 | |
8 | 坤宏 | Umimazurugani (思真鶴金) | 1680 | 1765 | 1723 | spouse of Shō Eki, also mother of Shō Kei |
9 | 仁室 | Umikamitarugani (思亀樽金) | 1705 | 1779 | 1766 | spouse of Shō Kei, also mother of Shō Boku |
10 | 寛室 | Mazurugani (真鶴金) | 1719 | 1784 | 1780 | daughter Shō Kei |
11 | 順成 | Umidogani (思戸金) | 1721 | 1789 | 1784 | daughter Shō Kei |
12 | 徳沢 | Manabitarugani (真鍋樽金) | 1762 | 1795 | 1789 | concubine of Shō Tetsu |
13 | 法雲 | Makamitaru (思亀樽) | 1765 | 1834 | 1789 | daughter of Shō Boku |
14 | 仙徳 | Makamitaru (思亀樽) | 1785 | 1869 | 1834 | spouse of Shō On |
15 | Nakaima Ōshu (仲井間翁主) | Mazurugani (真鶴金) | 1817 | ? | 1870 | daughter of Shō Kō |
16 | Asato Ōshu (安里翁主) | Moushigani (真牛金) | 1825 | 1909 | Meiji | daughter of Shō Kō |
17 | Namie Ōshu (安室翁主) | Manabitaru (真鍋樽) | 1874 | 1944 | Taishō | daughter of Shō Tai |
18 | Nakijin Nobuko (今帰仁 延子) | 1887 | 1967 | 1944 | daughter of Shō Ten | |
19 | (井伊 文子) | 1917 | 2004 | ? | daughter of Shō Shō | |
20 | Nozu Keiko (野津 圭子) | 1947 | 2019 | ? | daughter of Hiroshi Shō | |
21 | Maki Shō (尚 満喜) | 1984 | Living | 2019 | daughter of Mamoru Shō | |