After the Meiji Restoration, Shibun became Shizoku and Sotsu were taken into Sotsuzoku, but later hereditary Sotsu became Shizoku and one generation only Sotsu were considered commoners.
士分は明治維新後、士族に、卒は卒族に編入されたが、のち世襲の卒は士族に、一代抱えの卒は平民とされた。