List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles

Court ranks

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese	Selected recipients
Senior First Rank	正一位	shō ichi-i	Tokugawa Ieyasu (1617), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1915), Oda Nobunaga (1917)
Junior First Rank	従一位	ju ichi-i	Taira no Kiyomori (1167), Tōgō Heihachirō (1934), Eisaku Satō (1975)
Senior Second Rank	正二位	shō ni-i	Minamoto no Yoritomo (1189), Toyotomi Hideyori (1602), Nogi Maresuke (1916)
Junior Second Rank	従二位	ju ni-i	Hōjō Masako (1218), Uesugi Kenshin (1908), Date Masamune (1918), Mori Ōgai (1922)
Senior Third Rank	正三位	shō san-mi	Isoroku Yamamoto (1943), Kōnosuke Matsushita (1989), Soichiro Honda (1991), Akio Morita (1999)
Junior Third Rank	従三位	ju san-mi	Akira Kurosawa (1998), Hisaya Morishige (2009), Isuzu Yamada (2012)

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese
Senior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade	正四位上	shō shi-i no jō
Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade	正四位下	shō shi-i no ge
Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade	従四位上	ju shi-i no jō
Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade	従四位下	ju shi-i no ge

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese	Notes
Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade	正五位上	shō go-i no jō
Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade	正五位下	shō go-i no ge	Kusunoki Masashige was promoted
Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade	従五位上	ju go-i no jō
Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade	従五位下	ju go-i no ge

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese	Notes
Senior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade	正六位上	shō roku-i no jō	Kōrō Sasaki (1978)
Senior Sixth Rank, Lower Grade	正六位下	shō roku-i no ge
Junior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade	従六位上	ju roku-i no jō
Junior Sixth Rank, Lower Grade	従六位下	ju roku-i no ge

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese
Senior Seventh Rank, Upper Grade	正七位上	shō shichi-i no jō
Senior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade	正七位下	shō shichi-i no ge
Junior Seventh Rank, Upper Grade	従七位上	ju shichi-i no jō
Junior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade	従七位下	ju shichi-i no ge

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese
Senior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade	正八位上	shō hachi-i no jō
Senior Eighth Rank, Lower Grade	正八位下	shō hachi-i no ge
Junior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade	従八位上	ju hachi-i no jō
Junior Eighth Rank, Lower Grade	従八位下	ju hachi-i no ge

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese
Greater Initial Rank, Upper Grade	大初位上	dai sho-i no jō
Greater Initial Rank, Lower Grade	大初位下	dai sho-i no ge
Lesser Initial Rank, Upper Grade	少初位上	shō sho-i no jō
Lesser Initial Rank, Lower Grade	少初位下	shō sho-i no ge

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Councilor (参議, sangi)
Lieutenant of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards (右近衛将監, ukon'e no shōgen)
Lieutenant of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards (左近衛将監, sakon'e no shōgen)
Chamberlain (蔵人, kurōdo)^[1]
Provisional Assistant Master of the Left Military Guard (左兵衛権佐, sahyō'e gon no suke)
Assistant Chamberlain (次侍従, ji-jijū)
Provisional Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards (左近衛権少将, sakon'e gon no shōshō)
Captain of the Right Division of the Bureau of Horses (右馬頭, migi no uma no kami)
Provisional Middle Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards (右近衛権中将, ukon'e no gon no chūjō)
Provisional Governor (権守, gon no kami)
Head Chamberlain (蔵人頭, kurōdo no tō, or kurōdo no kami)

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