Kikoe-ōgimi (聞得大君/きこゑ大きみ, Okinawan: チフィジン, romanized: 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

Number Name Warabi-naa (personal Okinawan name) 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
21 Maki Shō (尚 満喜) 1984 Living 2019 daughter of Mamoru Shō

See also

References

  1. チフィジン 首里・那覇方言データベース


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