A considerable portion of the population was excluded from the shi-no-ko-sho (such as court nobles, Buddhist monks, Shinto priests, kengyo (the highest title of official ranks within the Todo-za, the guild for the blind)), and these people also had respective official ranks.
そもそも、士農工商に含まれない身分、（公家・僧侶・神主・検校・役者、穢多など）も相当数おり、これらも公認の身分を保持していた。