Editing The End of the Hantei Wealth (section)

==Status==

Status is a measure of social rank, and with Rokugan being a feudal society it is due mainly to birth. Rarely is there any way to move beyond the caste one was born into. Kuge will rule, Buke will serve and Peasants will toil. to break these limits is the stuff of which legends are made.

===Kuge: Those Who Rule===

*The Emperor
**Above all is the Son (sometimes daughter) of Heaven.
*Royal Samurai
**Emperor's family: The Empress and imperial children.
**Voice of the Emperor:
**Imperial Family Daimyo: The Champions of the Miya, Otomo and Seppun

*High-ranking Kuge Samurai 
**High Imperial Officers: Emerage and Jade Champions, Chancellor, Adivisor and Shogun
**Great Clan Champions: 
**Minor Clan Champions:
*Typical Kuge Samurai
**Low Imperial Officials: Herald, Treasurer
**Great Clan Family Daimyo
**Rikugunshokan (General of full army)


===Buke: Those Who Serve===

*High Officials
**Shireikan (Commander of multiple legions)
**Provincial Governor
**Hatamoto (Seneschal to a Daimyo)
*Important Officials
**Taisa (Commander of a single legion)
**City Governor
**Vassal Family Daimyo
*Minor Officals
**Chui (Commander of a company)
**Imperial Magistrate
**Revered Sensei
**Great Clan Magistrate
**Minor Clan or Family magistrate

*Notable Samurai 
**Gunso (Commander of a squadron)
**Imperial Family Samurai
**Diplomat
**Estate manager (minor landed vassal)
**Nikutai (second in command to Gunso): The lowest true rank.

*Common Samurai
**Great Clan Samurai 
**Minor Clan Samural
**Ji-Samurai
*Ronin
**Masterless Samurai are the lowest of the Samurai caste and are barely above peasants.

===Peasants: Those who Toil===

*Heimin
**Peasant Warriors
**Farmers
**Craftsmen
**Merchants

*Hinnin
**Geisha
**Other Hinnin

*Eta
**The very lowest rung of the Celestial Order.