Several hundred to 3,000 koku (approx. 180 liters/koku) of rice crops was allocated as a salary to each upper Kizoku class member, such as Kugyo, but only several tens koku of rice crop to each middle or lower Kizoku class member.
公卿などの上流貴族は3000石から数百石が扶持されていたが、中下流貴族は数十石程度の扶持しか与えられなかった。