Imperial staircase to imperial staircases are more often of just two flights (hence the name) leaving the ground symmetrically to join one common destination. Occasionally, especially in the architecture of the Sicilian Baroque, they will leave the ground as one flight and then divide, but this is less common. One may also see an imperial staircase in the form of two flights rising to join and then continue as one flight, but this is rare. Imperial staircase An imperial staircase (sometimes erroneously known as a "double staircase") is the name given to a staircase with divided flights. Usually the first flight rises
Ministry of the Imperial Household Household Office became the Imperial Household Agency (the current name), and placed under the fold of the newly created , as an external agency attached to it. In 2001, the Imperial Household Agency was organizationally re-positioned under the . The court developed a supporting bureaucracy which was exclusively focused on serving the needs of the Imperial Household . Among the "ritsuryō" officials within this ministry structure were: The deliberate redundancies at the top are features of each position in this remarkably stable hierarchic schema. Many positions would mirror the "-kyō," "-taifu," "-shō," "-jō," and "-sakan" pattern. Ministry of the Imperial