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Senior First Rank
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles.
First to Third Ranks
Each of the First to Third Ranks is divided into Senior (正, shō) and Junior (従, ju). The Senior First Rank (正一位, shō ichi-i) is the highest in the rank system. It is conferred mainly on a very limited number of persons recognized by the Imperial Court as most loyal to the nation during that era.