List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles

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Court ranks

English translation	Japanese text	Romanized Japanese
Senior First Rank	正一位	shō ichi-i
Junior First Rank	従一位	ju ichi-i
Senior Second Rank	正二位	shō ni-i
Junior Second Rank	従二位	ju ni-i
Senior Third Rank	正三位	shō san-mi
Junior Third Rank	従三位	ju san-mi

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
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
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
Senior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade	正六位上	shō roku-i no jō
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)