{{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 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== {{reflist}} * ''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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