akindo

Updated: June 2, 2025

However rich, for example, a rice-dealer might be, he ranked below the carpenters or potters or boat-builders whom he might employ, unless it happened that his family originally belonged to another class. In later times the Akindo included many persons of other than Akindo descent; and the class thus virtually retrieved itself.

Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation