Shō Shin

Shō Shin 尚眞王
Formal royal portrait of King Shō Shin.
King of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Reign	1477–1526
Predecessor	Shō Sen'i
Successor	Shō Sei
Born	1465
Died	1526
Burial	Tamaudun, Shuri
Spouse	Kyoni
Concubine	Umitogani Ajiganashi Daughter of Mekaru Shī, Mekaru Village
Issue	Shō Ikō, Prince Urasoe Chōman(founder of Oroku Udun) Shō Chōei, Prince Ozato Shō Shōi, Prince Nakijin Chōten Shō Ryūtoku, Prince Goeku Chōtoku(founder of Kamida Tunchi) Shō Sei, Crown Prince Nakagusuku Shō Kyōjin, Prince Kin Shō Gendō, Prince Tomigusuku Princess Sashisaka Ajiganashi
House	House of Shō
Father	Shō En
Mother	Ukiyaka

Shō Shin (尚眞^?, 1465–1526; r. 1477–1526) was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the third of the line 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 the dynasty, by Yosoidon, Shō En's second wife, often referred to as the queen mother. He succeeded his uncle, Shō Sen'i, who was forced to abdicate in his favor.

Much of the foundational organization of the kingdom's administration and economy is traced back to developments which occurred during Shō Shin's reign. As government became more institutionalized and organized, the aji (按司, local lords) gradually lost power and independence, becoming more closely tied to the central government at Shuri. In order to strengthen central control over the kingdom, and to prevent insurrection on the part of the aji, Shō Shin gathered weapons from all the aji to be put to use for the defense of the kingdom, and ordered aji to make their residences in Shuri; lords separated from their lands and from their people were far less able to act independently or to organize rebellion, and, over time, their emotional connections to Shuri grew, those with their territory weakening. The residences at Shuri of the aji were divided into three districts – one each for those coming from the northern, central, and southern areas of Okinawa Island which had formerly been the independent kingdoms of Hokuzan, Chūzan, and Nanzan respectively. These regions were now renamed Kunigami, Nakagami, and Shimajiri, respectively, place names which remain in use today. Through intermarriage, residence in Shuri, and other factors, the aji came to be more integrated as a class, more closely associated with life and customs and politics at Shuri, and less attached to their ancestral territorial identities.