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*''Okinawan'': 屋取 ''(yaadui)''
Beginning around the 1700s, many members of the [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|scholar-aristocracy]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], suffering from financial difficulties, left [[Shuri]] in search of more affordable places to live. This phenomenon, known as ''yaadui'', resulted in the creation of many new settlements in what had been up until then some of the least settled and/or least developed areas on the edges of the cities of [[Naha]] and Shuri.
Some 130 settlements or villages were begun in this fashion; the Maji and Hantagawa neighborhoods surrounding the royal gardens at [[Shikinaen]] serve as two examples.<ref>Plaques on-site at [[Shikinaen]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/9549190690/]</ref>
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==References==
*"[ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-43171.html Yaadui]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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