In kinteki, a mato should be placed against an azuchi (target bank) which is 28 meters away from the shai (the position at where a player shoots an arrow, and it should be at the center of the body) at a 5-degree angle backward, and its center should be 27 centimeters above the ground (it has to be level with the archery ground).
近的の場合、的は射位（射手が矢を射る位置・体の正中）から28メートル離れた安土上に、中心が（射場の床と水平な）地上27センチメートルで後方に5度(角度)傾けて設置する。