thumb|Ginza in the 1880s On its return, one of the first acts of the government was to establish new ranks for the nobility. Five hundred people from the old court nobility, former daimyo, and samurai who had provided valuable service to the Emperor were organized into a new peerage, the Kazoku, consisting of five ranks: prince, marquis, count, viscount, and baron.
thumb|Ginza in the 1880s On its return one of the first acts of the government was to establish new ranks for the nobility Five hundred people from the old court nobility former daimyo and samurai who had provided valuable service to the Emperor were organized into a new peerage the Kazoku consisting of five ranks prince marquis count viscount and baron