Kōshaku (Count)

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Kōshaku (Count) was a noble title in the Japanese kazoku peerage system, roughly equivalent to a European count and granted to high-ranking statesmen, military leaders, and aristocrats during the Meiji era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese peerage title
hereditary title
noble title
abolishedBy Japanese Constitution of 1947
abolishedIn 1947
associatedWith Imperial Japanese Army leaders
Imperial Japanese Navy leaders
Meiji oligarchy
belongsToSystem kazoku peerage system
coexistedWith Danshaku (Baron)
Kōshaku (Marquis)
Kōshaku (Prince)
Shishaku (Viscount)
countryOfOrigin Japan
equivalentTo European count
grantedBy Emperor of Japan
grantedFor distinguished military service
distinguished political service
loyalty to the emperor
service to the state
grantedTo aristocrats
high-ranking statesmen
military leaders
higherRank Kōshaku (Marquis)
inheritance patrilineal succession
language Japanese
legalStatus abolished
lowerRank Shishaku (Viscount)
partOf kazoku
rankInKazoku third rank
relativeRankToEuropean count
linked to: Count
script kanji
socialClass kazoku nobility
statusAfter1947 purely historical title
systemModeledOn European nobility systems
transliteration kōshaku
typeOf peerage rank
usedDuringPeriod Meiji era
Shōwa era (pre-1947)
linked to: Showa era

Taishō era
linked to: Taisho era
usedIn Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan
writingSystem Japanese

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Kuroda Kiyotaka honorificTitle Kōshaku (Count)