When the kazoku system was established, some persons opposed the existence of such a system saying that the system was contrary to the concept of "One emperor and all of the other people are commoners" and that kazoku were useless people eating without doing anything.
華族制度は成立当初、一君万民の概念に背き、天皇と臣民の間を隔てる存在であり、華族は無為徒食の徒であるとして華族制度の存在に反対するものもいた。