As a result, the reisai at national and Imperial shrines, prefectural shrines, village shrines and certain town shrines (those appointed to accept offerings of food, alcohol and gifts of monery wrapped in paper called heihakuryo), were attended by imperial envoys or heihaku kyoshinshi (special imperial messengers) who carried came to offer heihaku (paper or silk cuttings or red and white cloth presented to deities) presented by the state or the Imperial house.
そのため、官国幣社・府県社・郷社および一部の村社（神饌幣帛料供進指定神社）には勅使あるいは幣帛供進使が参向して国・皇室から幣帛が供進された。