The literally `Magnificent/Exalted lineage` was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan that existed between 1884 and 1947. ==Origins== Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the ancient court nobility of Kyoto (kuge) regained some of its lost status. Several members of the kuge, such as Iwakura Tomomi and Nakayama Tadayasu, played a cru.....
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in Japan, the unified, crown-appointed aristocracy of the period 1869–1947, which replaced the feudal lords. The kazoku (`flower family`) class was ...
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