Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade (正五位上, shō go-i no jō) is the highest Fifth Rank and the Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下, ju go-i no ge) the lowest....

aristocracy (貴 ki), and were subdivided into "senior" (正 shō) and "junior" (従 ju) ranks (e.g. senior　third-rank [正三位 shō san-mi], junior second-rank [従二位 ju ni-i]...

vassal) to Nobutada. In the same year, he was placed under the fifth rank (正五位), and he was appointed to Dewasuke (出羽介) and then Akita Josuke(秋田城介), aiming...

Kiyomaro advanced steadily. He was promoted to shō go-i no ge (正五位下) in 757, shō go-i no jō (正五位上) in 759. In 762 he rose to ju shi-i no ge (従四位下), and at...

Tachibana no Moroe, Otomaro rose quickly, to shō go-i no ge (正五位下) in 736, shō go-i no jō (正五位上) in 737, and in 738 to ju shi-i no ge (従四位下) and sadaiben...

failed rebellion. Yakatsugu was rehabilitated, promoted to shō go-i no jō (正五位上), and made governor of Hitachi province. Under Dōkyō's ensuing government...

steadily rose, to ju go-i no jō (従五位上) in 789, shō go-i no ge (正五位下) in 791, ju shi-i no ge (従四位下) in 794, and shō shi-i no ge (正四位下) in 797. Along with Fujiwara...

lower grade (従五位下) to senior fifth, lower grade (正五位下). It was promoted again in 871 (Jōgan 13) to senior fifth rank, upper grade (正五位上), and finally...

go-i no ge (従五位下), in 840 promoted to major general in the guard (左近衛少将), in 841 to ju go-i no jō (従五位上), in 843 to shō go-i no ge (正五位下) and governor...

Emperor Montoku took the throne, and Koreyoshi was promoted to shō go-i no ge (正五位下). Continuing his work as a teacher, he also worked as the head of the Daigaku-ryō...