kazoku (Japanese peerage)
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The kazoku was the hereditary aristocratic class of modern Japan, established in the Meiji era by merging former feudal lords and court nobility into a Western-style peerage system.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| kazoku | 0 |
| Kazoku (former Japanese peerage) | 1 |
| kazoku peerage | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese peerage system
ⓘ
hereditary aristocracy ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
Meiji period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shōwa period NERFINISHED ⓘ Taishō period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| eligibility |
court nobles
ⓘ
former feudal lords ⓘ imperial family cadet branches ⓘ newly ennobled Meiji leaders ⓘ |
| endTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Meiji government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Imperial Japanese government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | House of Peers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis | Peerage Law of 1884 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
baron
ⓘ
count ⓘ marquis ⓘ prince ⓘ viscount ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
British peerage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European nobility systems ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalAbolition | 1947 Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | family ⓘ |
| mergedFrom |
daimyō (feudal lords)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
kuge (court nobility) ⓘ |
| numberOfRanks | 5 ⓘ |
| partOf | Meiji Constitution political order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| privilege |
hereditary titles
ⓘ
membership in House of Peers ⓘ social precedence ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
kazoku shō (Ministry of the Peerage)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
shizoku ⓘ |
| replaced |
daimyō class
ⓘ
kuge ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern Japanese nobility abolition ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
integrate old elites into modern state
ⓘ
provide ruling class for Meiji oligarchy ⓘ |
| startTime | 1869 ⓘ |
| statusAfter1947 | abolished as legal class ⓘ |
| successorConcept | former noble families of Japan ⓘ |
| typeOfTitleInheritance | patrilineal primogeniture ⓘ |
| usedScript | kanji ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Kazoku (former Japanese peerage)
this entity surface form:
kazoku peerage