Kikoe-ōgimi

Kikoe-ōgimi (聞得大君, きこゑ大きみ, Okinawan: チフィジン Chifi-ufujin[1]) was the highest ranking noro priestess of the Ryukyuan religion during the period of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The position of kikoe-ōgimi was formally established during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477-1526) in order to centralize the religious order. Only a royal woman could be appointed to the position of kikoe-ōgimi.

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

List of Kikoe-ōgimi

No. Name Warabi-naa Birth Death Ascension Notes
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 Urasoe Chōman
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 spouse of Shō Jun,
also mother of Shō Eki
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 Ii Fumiko
井伊 文子
1917 2004 ? daughter of Shō Shō
20 Nozu Keiko
野津 圭子
1947 2019 ? daughter of Hiroshi Shō

References

  1. チフィジン 首里・那覇方言データベース

See also


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