Shō Eki Explained

Shō Eki
Japanese: 尚益 shoo 'ichi
Succession:King of Ryūkyū
Reign:1710–1712
Predecessor:Shō Tei
Successor:Shō Kei
Spouse:Kon Kō, Kikoe-ōkimi-ganashi (chifi ufujin)
Spouses:Iri no Aji
Miyagi Agunshitari-agomoshirare
Cinen Agunshitari-agomoshirare
Spouses-Type:Concubine
Issue:Shō Kei, Crown Prince Nakagusuku
Shō Tetsu, Prince Chatan Chōki
Princess Kadekaru
Princess Kohagura
Princess Tomimori
Princess Uchima
House:Second Shō dynasty
Father:Shō Jun
Mother:Gi Un, Kikoe-ōkimi-ganashi (chifi ufujin)
Full Name:Shō Eki (Japanese: 尚益)
Birth Name:Umigurugani (Japanese: 思五郎金)
Birth Date:December 7, 1678
Place Of Burial:Tamaudun, Shuri

was a king the Ryukyu Kingdom, who ruled from 1710 to 1712.

It was said that he was born with harelip, which made his grandfather Shō Tei worry. A Ryukyuan named Takamine Tokumei met a Chinese doctor Huang Huiyou in Fuzhou. Huang taught Takamine how to repair a cleft palate. Takamine came back to Ryukyu in 1688, and had the Prince's lip repaired in the next year.

Shō Eki succeeded his grandfather Shō Tei as king in 1710, and died two years later.

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