Table 1. Open in new tab Social status...

	Nobility	Warrior class	Commoners	Total	Proportion of commoners
1874	2	61	5	68	7.4
1889		22	13	35	37.1
1901	1	89	109	199	54.8
1914	1	25	74	100	74.0
1926		26	104	130	80.0
1935	1	46	193	240	80.4

	Nobility	Warrior class	Commoners	Total	Proportion of commoners
1874	2	61	5	68	7.4
1889		22	13	35	37.1
1901	1	89	109	199	54.8
1914	1	25	74	100	74.0
1926		26	104	130	80.0
1935	1	46	193	240	80.4

Table 1.

Social status of new cadets entering the Naval Academy.

	Nobility	Warrior class	Commoners	Total	Proportion of commoners
1874	2	61	5	68	7.4
1889		22	13	35	37.1
1901	1	89	109	199	54.8
1914	1	25	74	100	74.0
1926		26	104	130	80.0
1935	1	46	193	240	80.4

	Nobility	Warrior class	Commoners	Total	Proportion of commoners
1874	2	61	5	68	7.4
1889		22	13	35	37.1
1901	1	89	109	199	54.8
1914	1	25	74	100	74.0
1926		26	104	130	80.0
1935	1	46	193	240	80.4

Source:Gazette (11 September 1901; 17 January 1902; 24 August 1914; 5 September 1914; 8 September 1914; 22 February 1935; 27 February 1935; 5 April 1935); Kaigun Heigakkō (1889); Kaigun Heigakkō (1919a); Kaigunshō (1926b).

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