When the Kobusho moved to Ogawa-cho, Kanda in February 1860, exhibition matches were held in the presence of Shogun Iemochi TOKUGAWA and the cabinet ministers of the Shogunate including Tairo (Chief Minister) Naosuke Ii at its opening on February 24.
安政7（1860年）年2月、講武所が神田小川町に移転した際、2月3日の開場式に将軍徳川家茂、大老井伊直弼ら幕閣が臨席して模範試合が開かれた。