# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百二十六条 (Article 726)

- Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号
- English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第七百二十六条 (Article 726)（親等の計算） — address `art-726`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-726
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### 第七百二十六条（親等の計算） — (Determining Degrees of Kinship)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-726 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-726 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-726</sup>

  **第一項**  親等は、親族間の世代数を数えて、これを定める。
  <sup>art-726/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-726/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-726/par-1</sup>
  The degree of kinship between two relatives is determined by counting the number of generations between them.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  傍系親族の親等を定めるには、その一人又はその配偶者から同一の祖先にさかのぼり、その祖先から他の一人に下るまでの世代数による。
  <sup>art-726/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-726/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-726/par-2</sup>
  The degree of kinship between collateral relatives is determined by the number of generations between a person or that person's spouse and the common ancestor shared with another person, plus the number of generations back down to that other person.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11