Imperial Household Agency
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The Imperial Household Agency 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
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
Yoshitami Matsudaira
Privy Seal of Japan
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The Privy Seal of Japan is one of the national seals and is the Emperor of Japan's official seal.
Imperial Household Agency
…Agency (宮内庁, Kunai-chō) (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 (宮内省, Kunai-shō…
Single page print of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War (1945), with Privy Seal clearly visible