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The above system has retained its form even to modern times, though its use has waxed and waned with the activity of the court.
The above system has retained its form even to modern times, though its use has waxed and waned with the activity of the court.
==Edo Period==
In the [[Edo period]], court rank and the associated ''[[ritsuryo|ritsuryô]]'' titles became merely a symbolic, honorary, distinction, with no real power or political position at court. However, these remained of vital importance within the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], as court rank and title were key determining factors as to a ''daimyô's'' privileges, potential for political office, and treatment otherwise by the shogunate.
*The Tokugawa shogun held the title of ''[[Naidaijin]]'' 内大臣.
*Lords of the [[Owari Tokugawa clan|Owari]] and [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa clan]]s held the title of ''[[Dainagon]]'' 大納言.
*Lords of the [[Mito Tokugawa clan]] held the title of ''[[Chunagon|Chûnagon]]'' 中納言.
*Lords of the [[Maeda clan]] held the title ''[[Sangi]]'' 参議.
*Lords of the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] and [[Date clan]]s typically rose to the title of ''[[Chujo|Chûjô]]'' 中将("Middle Captain") at some point in their tenure.
*Other high-ranking ''[[kunimochi]] daimyô'' typically held the title of ''[[Shosho|Shôshô]]'' 少将 ("Lesser Captain")
*Lower-ranking ''kunimochi daimyô'' typically held the title of ''[[Jiju|Jijû]]'' 侍従 ("Chamberlain"), but were sometimes promoted to ''Shôshô'' after ruling for thirty years or a similarly long or honorable tenure.
*''Jun-kunimochi daimyô'' were typically of Fourth Rank (''shihon'' 四品), but were sometimes promoted to ''Jijû''.
*Most other ''daimyô'' were considered Junior Lower Fifth Rank 従五位下, with the title of ''[[dayu|dayû]]'' 太夫, but after serving for many years they were sometimes granted a promotion to Fourth Rank.
==References==
==References==
* [[Shoku Nihongi]]
* [[Shoku Nihongi]]
* 2006, "A User-Friendly Timeline of Ancient Japanese History (with furigana): From the earliest times to 1155", Yoshikawa Kobunkan, ISBN 4-642-01436-5.
* 2006, "A User-Friendly Timeline of Ancient Japanese History (with furigana): From the earliest times to 1155", Yoshikawa Kobunkan, ISBN 4-642-01436-5.
*Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Sankin kôtai'', Kodansha gendai shinsho (1998), 196-197.
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