The Ministry of Civil Administration (治部省, Jibu-shō) (lit.

the department of governance affairs) was a division of the eighth century Japanese government of the Imperial Court in Kyoto),[1] and it is sometimes identified as the "Ministry of the Interior".

Today the Board of Ceremonies (宮内庁式部職 ; Shikibu shoku) of the Imperial Household Agency is the successor.

The ministry was organized to address the ceremonial aspects of the Imperial year, to manage the ceremonial nature of formal relations with China, Korea, and other nations, and to oversee the maintenance of Imperial tombs and mausoleums.

[3] The top ritsuryō officials within this ministry structure were: