During the preparation and performance, nobody other than the hairdressing women, the warawame, the beiju (attendant of the Emperor) and the attendant court ladies were allowed to enter the palace, and anyone other than the Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain) or Gyoji no kurodo was not allowed to even approach the palace.
その間、理髪の女房、童女、陪従、下仕などの介錯の女房以外は、同殿にはいることを許されず、蔵人頭もしくは行事蔵人のほかは戸外に伺うこともできない定めであった。