When the 'Kunai-sho Kansei' (Imperial Household Ministry Organization) (Article 3 of Koshitsu-rei; the Imperial Families' Act, in 1907) was established, it was under the control of Shikibu-shoku of Imperial Household Agency as 'tenshiki.'
「宮内省官制」（明治40年皇室令第3号）制定当時は、「典式」として宮内庁式部職の所掌とされた。