or Otochitonomoigane (birth and death dates unknown) is the first

Kikoe-ōgimi is the title worn by the highest priestess of the Ryukyuan religion, ryūkyūan religion. Although the title is mentioned in sources dealing with periods older than the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the current characteristics of the function have been fixed ...

priestess of

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second Shō dynasty The was the last dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1469 to 1879, ruled by the under the title of King of Chūzan. This family took the family name from the earlier rulers of the kingdom, the first Shō family, even though the new royal famil ...

. Her divine name is 月清, transcribed as "Gessei" or "Tsukikiyora" depending on the sources. She is the daughter of the first king of the second Shō dynasty,

Shō En , previously known as , was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the founder of the Second Shō dynasty. Early life and rise to power Kanamaru was born into a family of peasant farmers on Izena Island,"Shō En." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' ( ...

, and of his queen

Ogiyaka , also known as Ukiyaka or Yosoidon (1445–1505), was Queen of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1469 until her death. She married Shō En before he became king, and acted as regent during the early years of Shō Shin's reign. Life Ogiyaka was born in 14 ...

, as well as the sister of the third king of the dynasty,

Shō Shin was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the third ruler of the second Shō dynasty. Shō Shin's long reign has been described as "the Great Days of Chūzan", a period of great peace and relative prosperity. He was the son of Shō En, the founder of ...

. After the death of her father, while in charge of the ceremonies for the coronation of her uncle,

Shō Sen'i Shō Sen'i (–1477) was the second ruler of the Second Shō dynasty of the kingdom of Ryukyu Kingdom, Ryukyu, based on the Pacific Ocean, western Pacific island of Okinawa Island, Okinawa. He briefly ruled for six months in 1477, succeeding his ...

, Shō En's brother, she announces that the gods are opposed to the succession and would rather have Shō Shin, Shō En's son, on the throne. Shō Sen'i abdicates in favour of his nephew. Originally the (lit. "sister-goddess") of the king performing protective rites in the domestic sphere, she becomes, after the great religious reform decided by her brother, the head of the hierarchic network of

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priestesses, who are in charge of the rites in the whole Ryūkyū Kingdom. In 1500, she tells Shō Shin that his military campaign against Yaeyama will only be victorious if he brings with him the ''noro'' of Kume Island. Her brother sails with the priestess and his military campaign is a success. Very few documents mention her personal life at the exception of the role she played in her brother's coronation and the military campaign against Yaeyama. It seems she did not have any children. She is buried in

Tamaudun is one of the three royal mausoleums of the Ryukyu Kingdom, along with Urasoe yōdore at Urasoe Castle and Izena Tamaudun near Izena Castle in Izena, Okinawa. The mausoleum is located in Shuri, Okinawa, Shuri, Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, and wa ...

, the second Shō dynasty kings' mausoleum, and is mentioned on the dedicatory stele that was erected in 1501 and lists the persons authorized to be buried in the mausoleum, under the name . Her spirit used to be sheltered in the

Tenkai-ji was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal ''bodaiji'' of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa. The temple was erected by Keiin Ansen () during the reign of King Shō Taikyū (r. 1454–1460). The Mahavira Hall was built in 1466, a ''bon ...

temple, since it was the

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for the spirits of all single princes and princesses of the second Shō dynasty. The temple was destroyed during WWII.

References

{{Reflist Kikoe-ōgimi Princesses of Ryūkyū