Privileges in social statutes as well as in property were given to Kazoku members, and when the Constitution of the Empire of Japan was established in 1889, they were given the privilege of becoming members of the House of Peers (in Japan).
華族には身分上・財産上の特権が与えられ、明治22年（1889年）に大日本帝国憲法が制定されると、貴族院(日本)議員となる特権も与えられた。