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[[File:Shiseibyo-gate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main gate to the [[Shiseibyo|Shiseibyô]] Confucian temple on Kume Ôdôri]]

[[File:Shiseibyo-gate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main gate to the [[Shiseibyo|Shiseibyô]] Confucian temple on Kume Ôdôri]]

*''Other Names'': 唐栄、唐営 ''(Touei)''<ref>"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42234-storytopic-121.html Tôei]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref>

*''Other Names'': 唐栄、唐営 ''(Touei)''<ref>"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42234-storytopic-121.html Tôei]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref>

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 久米村 ''(Kumemura / Kuninda)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': [[久米]] 村 ''(Kumemura / Kuninda)''

Kumemura, or Kuninda in the [[Okinawan language]], was a walled district of [[Naha]], the chief port city of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]. Located on the island of Ukishima, it was a community of members of the scholar-bureaucrat class, and the chief center of Confucian learning in the kingdom. The vast majority of government administrators and officials came from the families of Kumemura. The community was also responsible for the introduction of much of the Confucian and Chinese influence otherwise into Ryukyuan popular & folk culture, with many practices and philosophies being adopted within Kumemura first, before spreading into the broader population. Members of the Kume community were central to Ryukyuan foreign relations, serving as translators and interpreters, and as embassy officials on missions to [[Edo]] and [[Beijing]], as well as heading the reception of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] in Ryûkyû, and drafting official diplomatic documents.

Kumemura, or Kuninda in the [[Okinawan language]], was a walled district of [[Naha]], the chief port city of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]. Located on the island of Ukishima, it was a community of members of the scholar-bureaucrat class, and the chief center of Confucian learning in the kingdom. The vast majority of government administrators and officials came from the families of Kumemura. The community was also responsible for the introduction of much of the Confucian and Chinese influence otherwise into Ryukyuan popular & folk culture, with many practices and philosophies being adopted within Kumemura first, before spreading into the broader population. Members of the Kume community were central to Ryukyuan foreign relations, serving as translators and interpreters, and as embassy officials on missions to [[Edo]] and [[Beijing]], as well as heading the reception of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] in Ryûkyû, and drafting official diplomatic documents.