Kikoe-ōgimi

Kikoe-ōgimi (聞得大君/きこゑ大きみ) was the highest ranking priestess of the Ryukyuan religion during the period of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The position of 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.

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