In addition, Sanetomi SANJO, Tomomi IWAKURA, the lord of Satsuma Domain Tadayoshi SHIMAZU, Hisamitsu SHIMAZU and Takachika MORI were regarded as 'persons who made distinguished contributions to the nation,' and their families, the Sanjo family from kuge, the Iwakura family from kuge, the Shimazu family from buke, the Tamazato-Shimazu family from buke, and the Mori family from buke were conferred the peerage.
また「国家に偉功ある者」として公家からは三条家（三条実美の功）、岩倉家（岩倉具視の功）、武家からは島津氏（薩摩藩主島津忠義の功）、玉里島津家（島津久光の功）、毛利家（毛利敬親の功）が公爵に叙せられた。