Imperial Household Council how and when this event will take place. Article XXVIII of the Imperial Household Law provides that the Imperial Household Council shall consist of: Article XXX of the Imperial Household Law provides that other ten members shall be appointed as reserve members of the Council: The reserve members are as follows: , literally "Imperial Representative", refers to the Imperial Family members elected as members of the Imperial Household Council by mutual election among the adult members of the Imperial Family excluding the Emperor. They vote to elect two reserve members from the Imperial Family in the same way. Princess Yori
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