The meeting ceremony was conducted when the master-servant relationship was established or confirmed, and was one of events considered important by not only samurai families but also the shogun who was the head of the samurai.
対面儀礼は主従関係の成立・確認の際に行われ、武家にとっては重要な儀式の1つであったが、武家の棟梁である征夷大将軍もその例外ではなかった。