The first court ranking system that appears in the chronicles is the cap-rank system of Empress Suiko. According to the [[Nihon Shoki]] this system was devised on the 5th day of the 12th month of the 11th year of Suiko ([[603]]) and implemented in the first month of the following year. The ranks were:
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The first court ranking system that appears in the chronicles is the cap-rank system of Empress Suiko. According to the [[Nihon Shoki]] this system was devised on the 5th day of the 12th month of the 11th year of Suiko (11 January [[604]]) and implemented in the first month of the following year. The ranks were: