Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage

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Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage was a high-ranking hereditary noble title in Imperial Japan’s aristocratic kazoku system, roughly equivalent to a European duke.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocratic rank
hereditary title
kazoku title
noble title
abolishedBy Constitution of Japan
surface form: postwar Japanese Constitution
abolishedIn 1947
aboveRank Marquis (kōshaku / kōshaku-kō) or equivalent lower rank
associatedWith Meiji era nobility reforms
former feudal lords integrated into kazoku
high-ranking court nobility
belongsToCategory Japanese nobility
hereditary titles
peerage titles
belowRank none within kazoku (top rank)
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
distinctFrom Prince of Japan
surface form: shinnō (imperial prince)

ō (prince of the blood)
entitledTo membership in the House of Peers (under certain conditions)
genderRestriction primarily male titleholder
governingSystemContext constitutional monarchy of the Empire of Japan
grantedBy Emperor of Japan
heritability hereditary in male line
introducedDuring Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period
JapaneseName 公爵
languageOfName Japanese
legalBasis kazoku-related laws of the Empire of Japan
modeledOn European peerage ranks
partOf kazoku peerage system
rankWithinKazoku first of five kazoku ranks
highest rank
relativeRank equivalent to European duke
romajiTranscription kōshaku
roughlyEquivalentTitle British duke
German herzog
socialClass kazoku aristocracy
sphereOfUse civil aristocratic hierarchy
status abolished
timePeriod late 19th century to mid 20th century
titleNature non-sovereign nobility rank
usedFor heads of certain noble houses
usedIn Imperial Japan
writingSystem kanji

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Yamagata Aritomo nobleTitle Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage
Itō Hirobumi nobleTitle Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage
this entity surface form: kōshaku (prince) in the kazoku peerage
hakushaku (count) in the kazoku peerage lowerThan Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage
this entity surface form: kōshaku (marquis) in the kazoku peerage
Prince Saionji Kinmochi nobleTitle Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage
this entity surface form: Prince of the kazoku peerage