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伯爵 (はくしゃく, hakushaku) Japanese meaning: count | Kotomora
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He holds the title of count.
The earl owned vast estates.
Kanji 爵 baron, peerage, court rank Don't confuse with 伯爵 is the rank of count/earl, while 侯爵 is the rank directly above it, marquess.
伯爵 (count/earl) ranks above 子爵 (viscount) in the five-rank peerage system.
伯爵 (count/earl) is a middle rank, while 男爵 (baron) is the lowest of the five peerage titles.
公爵 is a duke, the highest peerage rank, while 伯爵 is a count/earl, a middle rank, and the similar 爵-ending forms are easy to mix up.
Etymology From Chinese 伯爵 (bójué), a title in the ancient Chinese nobility system, adopted into Japanese as part of the kazoku peerage system in the Meiji era.
