Ryukyuan aristocracy

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The Ryukyuan aristocracy were the noble and ruling elite of the Ryukyu Kingdom, distinguished by their political authority, cultural refinement, and adoption of unique Okinawan court customs and dress.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ryukyuan royal court 3
Ryukyu Kingdom royal family 1
Ryukyuan aristocracy canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elite ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
ruling class ⓘ
social class ⓘ
centeredIn Shuri ⓘ
Shuri Castle ⓘ
country Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
declineCause annexation of Ryukyu by Japan ⓘ
declineEvent abolition of the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879 ⓘ
education Chinese-style classical education ⓘ
Confucian scholarship ⓘ
engagedIn diplomacy with Ming dynasty ⓘ
diplomacy with Qing dynasty ⓘ
diplomacy with Satsuma Domain ⓘ
tribute trade with China ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ryukyuan people ⓘ
followed Chinese-style court etiquette ⓘ
Confucian norms ⓘ
Okinawan court customs ⓘ
hadRole bureaucratic administrators ⓘ
diplomats ⓘ
regional governors ⓘ
royal advisors ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese culture ⓘ
Japanese culture ⓘ
indigenous Ryukyuan traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Okinawa ⓘ
linked to: Ryukyu Islands

Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
maintained hereditary landholdings ⓘ
hereditary titles ⓘ
patronOf Confucian academies ⓘ
Ryukyuan classical music ⓘ
Ryukyuan dance ⓘ
Ryukyuan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ryukyuan culture
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
socialStratum aji ⓘ
pechin ⓘ
ueekata ⓘ
yukatchu ⓘ
successor Okinawan kazoku nobility under Meiji Japan ⓘ
timePeriod Gusuku period ⓘ
Ryukyu Kingdom era ⓘ
pre-modern Okinawa ⓘ
usedLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
wore Ryukyuan court robes ⓘ
distinctive Okinawan headgear ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryukyuan bingata kimono → historicalUseBy → Ryukyuan aristocracy ⓘ
Ryukyuan bingata kimono → historicalUseBy → Ryukyuan royal court ⓘ
linked to: Ryukyuan aristocracy
Kankaimon → associatedWith → Ryukyuan royal court ⓘ
subject linked to: Kankaimon gate
linked to: Ryukyuan aristocracy
Shikina-en Garden → builtFor → Ryukyu Kingdom royal family ⓘ
linked to: Ryukyuan aristocracy
Kumi odori → performedFor → Ryukyuan royal court ⓘ
subject linked to: kumi odori
linked to: Ryukyuan aristocracy
Gosamaru → partOf → Ryukyuan nobility ⓘ
linked to: Ryukyuan aristocracy