| According to the imperial ordinance installing the nobility 'Kazokurei' promulgated after the Meiji period, three of the Matsunoki family, the Sono family, and the Mibu family ranked as count and the six branches of the Jimyoin family ranked as viscount. |
明治維新後の華族令によって松木・園・壬生の3家は伯爵、持明院家他6家は子爵に叙された。 |