Shō En
| Shō En 尚圓王 |
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| King of the Ryukyu Kingdom | |
| Reign | 1469–1476 |
| Predecessor | Shō Toku |
| Successor | Shō Sen'i |
| Born | 1415 Izena Island, Ryukyu |
| Died | 1476 |
| Burial | Tamaudun, Shuri |
| Spouse | Ogiyaka (Yosoidon) |
| Concubine | Kimikiyora no Ajiganashi Mamuta Oyabu no Imouto Uchima Noro Adaniya Noro Henzan Noro |
| Issue |
Shō Shin, Crown Prince Kume-Nakagusuku Princess Otochitonomo-kane Uchima Ufuya Adaniya Wakamatsu Yamauchi Shōshin |
| House | House of Shō |
| Father | Shō Shoku |
| Mother | Zui Un |
Shō En (尚圓?)(1415–1476, r. 1470–1476) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the founder of the Second Shō Dynasty. Prior to becoming king, he was known as Kanamaru (金丸?).
Kanamaru was born into a family of peasant farmers on Izena Island, a tiny island which lies off the northwestern coast of Okinawa Island. It is said that his parents died when he was around twenty and undertook to provide for his aunt and uncle, brother and sister, and his wife, whom he married at a very young age.
In one year in which the island had suffered from a particularly severe drought, the rice patties of Kanamaru's family were found to be full of water; accused of having stolen the water, Kanamaru was forced to flee his home, and ended up in Ginama, in the northern region (Kunigami) of Okinawa Island.
After several years living in Ginama, there too some type of dispute or disagreement between Kanamaru and his neighbors emerged. Leaving Ginama, he traveled to Shuri, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom, in 1441, and became a servant or retainer to the prince, Shō Taikyū. After Shō Taikyū became king in 1454, Kanamaru was made royal treasurer, and was in 1459 granted the post of Omonogusuku osasu no soba (御物城御鎖側?), a position involving responsibility for matters regarding foreign relations and trade. He was also granted territory, and made Lord of Uchima (内間 Uchima-udun?).
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