Shake (social class)
Japanese social class that dominates Shinto shrines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shake (社家) was a Japanese social class and the name for families that dominated Shinto shrines through hereditary government offices and priestly positions. Officially abolished in 1871, with 14 shake families granted hereditary nobility (Kazoku), most shrines were however unaffected, and at many shrines hereditary succession of former shake families continues to this day. Prominent shake families include the Nakatomi family and the Suwa family.