However, in fact there were two kinds of kazoku; "Shushin kazoku" (one-generation kazoku) lost the kazoku status at the death of their family heads who had been practically given the title; and "Eidai kazoku" (permanent kazoku) could keep the kazoku status for generations.
しかしながら、本人一代限りの華族である「終身華族」と、子孫も華族となる「永代華族」の二つが存在していた。