Aji (Ryukyu)
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aji-ryukyu-170-3552007
title:
Aji (Ryukyu)
text:
(按司) An aji, or anji (按司) was a ruler of a petty kingdom in the history of the Ryukyu Islands. The word later became a title and rank of nobility in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It ranked next below a prince among nobility. The sons of princes and the eldest sons of aji became aji. An aji established a noble family equivalent to a shinnōke of Japan. The aji arose around the twelfth century as local leaders began to build gusuku. Shō Hashi was an aji who later unified Okinawa Island as king. The title aji
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Rank of nobility in the Ryukyu Islands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aji_(Ryukyu)
date created:
2006-12-21T05:02:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:22:53Z
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