There were 73 ranks between admittance to Toda-za and the rank of Kengyo, with the rank of Kengyo being divided further into ten sub-ranks from Ichi-ro (1st senior) to Ju-ro (10th Senior).
当道座に入座して検校に至るまでには73の位階があり、検校には十老から一老まで十の位階があった。