Pechin

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., or Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., historically Script error: No such module "Lang". Opoyakomoi, was a rank among the Yukatchu class of the former Ryukyu Kingdom (modern-day Okinawa, Japan), above the rank of 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: Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and Pekumi or Pechin.

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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

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