Momoto Fumiagari

(dates of birth and death unknown, 15th century) was a princess of the first Shō dynasty of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.

Name and tradition "Momoto-fumiagari" was not her personal name, which is unknown, but her divine name as a high-ranking priestess. It means "high spirit for all eternity". The divine name of "Momoto-fumiagari" has not been used by any priestess since her death. or .

Nine poems of the Omorosaushi mention Momoto-fumiagari (volume 6, poems 335 to 343), but it is not possible to determine if they concern Shō Taikyū's daughter or some older priestesses of the same name. Momoto-fumiagari's prayers and dances are presented as the cause of the royal power. through her mother and paternal grandmother.

As the eldest daughter of the king, she took part in the religious ceremonies that protected the royal family and the kingdom. The sources mentioning her emphasize that she danced and sang religious songs.

When they finally arrived at Shuri, the king, scandalised that his daughter was wandering at night with a man who is not her husband, first refused to let her in. He only had the doors opened when she threatened to hang herself on one of the trees of the Akatauchiyau-nu-utaki sacred site. After telling the king about her husband's intentions, Momoto-fumiagari began singing several sacred songs in order to protect the kingdom.

Momoto-fumiagari took refuge with her younger brother Mitsubatabuki in Ōkawa Castle (Tamagusuku, Nanjō) and is said to have dedicated the rest of her life to religious activities, living in a residence at the location of the current Nakaema Residence in Nakaema (Nanjō).

Momoto-fumiagari's tomb was originally located in a limestone cliff in the sacred forest (Fusato, Tamagusuku), but it was destroyed in 1962 during the construction of Tamagusuku Middle School. Afterwards, the tomb was moved to the cliff east of the school's sports ground, next to the collective tomb for Mitsubatabuki's descendants.

A golden hairpin and a bronze mirror said to have belonged to Momoto-fumiagari are kept by the clan of Mitsubatabuki's descendants. Momoto-fumiagari was played by Rino Higa in the television series Amawari the last hero broadcast by the channel RBC in 2024.