The role of the post was to visit shrines in Ise and recite prayers conveying the wishes of the emperor to the enshrined deity during the Kinensai (prayer service for a good crop), Tsukinami-sai Festival and Kannamesai Festival.
伊勢の神宮の祈年祭・月次祭・神嘗祭において、奉幣使として参向し、祝詞を奏上して、天皇の意思を祭神に伝えることを主たる役目とする。