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[[File:Ryukyu-aristocrats.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Mannequins wearing reproductions of traditional Ryukyuan court costume, on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]
The scholar-aristocracy of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] consisted of four groups of families, claiming elite pedigree, education, and culture, from which government official positions were filled. They were distinguished from Ryukyuan commoners by their possession of family lineage registers known as ''[[kafu]]'' or ''keizu'', and were thus also known as ''keimochi'' (lit. "possessing lineage"). While members of the aristocratic families of [[Shuri]] and [[Kumemura]] dominated the highest positions in the central government, those from the aristocratic families of [[Naha]] and [[Tomari]] occupied other positions.
The scholar-aristocracy of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] consisted of four groups of families, claiming elite pedigree, education, and culture, from which government official positions were filled. They were distinguished from Ryukyuan commoners by their possession of family lineage registers known as ''[[kafu]]'' or ''keizu'', and were thus also known as ''keimochi'' (lit. "possessing lineage"). While members of the aristocratic families of [[Shuri]] and [[Kumemura]] dominated the highest positions in the central government, those from the aristocratic families of [[Naha]] and [[Tomari]] occupied other positions.
