Master of Ceremonies (Japan)

The Master of Ceremonies or more properly Grand Master of the Ceremonies, in modern governments of Japan, designates the chief administrator charged with ceremonial matters relating to the Imperial House of Japan. Under the current government system, he has been called the Shikibu-kanchō (式部官長) who heads the Board of the Ceremonies, Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁式部職 Kunaichō Shikibu shoku). However, the post has historically gone under different Japanese names.

Master of Ceremonies (Japan)

The Master of Ceremonies or more properly Grand Master of the Ceremonies, in modern governments of Japan, designates the chief administrator charged with ceremonial matters relating to the Imperial House of Japan. Under the current government system, he has been called the Shikibu-kanchō (式部官長) who heads the Board of the Ceremonies, Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁式部職 Kunaichō Shikibu shoku). However, the post has historically gone under different Japanese names.