公こう侯こう伯はく子し男だん

noun

duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)

Historical term for the five peerage ranks established in the Meiji era and abolished in 1947. Often used in historical or explanatory contexts.

See also: 公爵 · 侯爵 · 伯爵 · 子爵 · 男爵

• 公こう侯こう伯はく子し男だんは、明めい治じ時じ代だいに設もうけられた華か族ぞくの爵しゃく位いです。

  公侯伯子男 are the peerage ranks for the kazoku established in the Meiji period.