It was decided that, as Danshaku (男爵 commonly translated as baron), the families which had been raised to kazoku after the Meiji Restoration, including Tsukegaroke (families had served as special chief retainer) and Nara kazoku, were eligible.
明治維新後に華族とされた家（附家老家、奈良華族等）が男爵相当とされた。