The Board of Ceremonies is a department of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. The board is the chief administration charged with ceremonial matters.
Music Department of the Board of Ceremonies
Shinhama Imperial Wild Duck Preserve
Imperial Household Agency
The Imperial Household Agency (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan. From around the 8th century AD until the Second World War, it was known as the Imperial Household Ministry .
Imperial Household Agency headquarters in the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
The Ministry of the Imperial Household in Meiji era
The Imperial Household Agency building, located near the Sakashita gate of the palace
Image: Yoshitami Matsudaira