Whether it was kansei or gekisei, a shonagon (lesser councilor of state), a benkan (a controller of the Oversight Department) and a geki gathered a little before the conference and conducted a katanashi (ritual for reading out bound documents on the government affairs before the actual work of the government affairs started) in advance.
官政・外記政いずれの場合も、会議開始前に少納言・弁官・外記が先に集合して結政（かたなし、文書の整理分類）を予め行う。