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{{Short description|Rank in the Ryukyu Kingdom aristocracy}}
{{nihongo|'''Pechin'''|親雲上|Pēchin}}, or {{nihongo|'''Pekumi'''|親雲上|Pēkumi}}, historically {{lang|ryu|大やこもい}} ''Opoyakomoi'', was a rank among the [[Yukatchu]] class of the former [[Ryukyu Kingdom]] (modern-day Okinawa, Japan), above the rank of [[Yukatchu|Satunushi]] and below the rank of [[Ueekata]]. As [[scholar-officials]], they often served in administrative positions in the Ryukyuan government. Placed in the upper class, the Pechin would often travel with a servant at their side.

There were three ranks of Pechin: {{nihongo|Chikudun Pechin|筑登之親雲上|}}, {{nihongo|Satunushi Pechin|里之子親雲上|}}, and Pekumi or Pechin.

==See also==
* [[Arakaki Seishō]]
* [[Gushiken]] surname
* [[Okinawa Prefecture]]
* [[Pechin Higa]]
* [[Pechin Takahara]]
* [[Ryukyuan people]]

==References==
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* ''Okinawa, The History of an Island People'' by George H. Kerr
* ''The Language of the Old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi: Reference Grammar, with Textual Selections'', by Rumiko Shinzato and Leon Serafim

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090302085743/http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/001/001/index.html
* http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/003/001/index.html

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