# Pechin

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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](/source/Yukatchu) class of the former [Ryukyu Kingdom](/source/Ryukyu_Kingdom) (modern-day Okinawa, Japan), above the rank of [Satunushi](/source/Yukatchu) and below the rank of [Ueekata](/source/Ueekata). As [scholar-officials](/source/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](/source/Arakaki_Seish%C5%8D)
* [Gushiken](/source/Gushiken) surname
* [Okinawa Prefecture](/source/Okinawa_Prefecture)
* [Pechin Higa](/source/Pechin_Higa)
* [Pechin Takahara](/source/Pechin_Takahara)
* [Ryukyuan people](/source/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

{{Government of the Ryukyu Kingdom|state=expanded}}

Category:Ryukyu Kingdom
Category:Titles
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