- ranks, from
highest to lowest, they are
Sekke (摂家), Seigake [ja] (清華家),
Daijinke [ja] (大臣家), Urinke [ja] (羽林家), Meike [ja] (名家), and Hanke [ja] (半家). Hirohata 廣幡家...
- from the
Fujiwara clan or
Minamoto clan,
descendants of the emperors.
Daijinke (大臣家):
could be
appointed naidaijin, if this
office became vacant. In reality...