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You're born into clan like Samurai- warrior clan, the royal family, merchant family, clan who dies funerals, clan who is carpenters, smiths, swordmakers etc. So your status is defined by your job. Across all Asia this includes South and East discriminated against upper and lower caste. For eg: in Japan lower caste couldn't wear bright colors so they resorted to create vivid designs just to mock the nobility. If you see Fuki here in her normal kimono people thought that she yugos made because of her Kimono
How does one get noble status in imperial japan? I'm sure I can pay for it. Then whatever lie yugo added won't be a lie anymore. I just don't want them to break up over that