When everything was ready, "Sogo" (Office of Monastic Affairs) of Kofuku-ji Temple assumed the negotiations between the court and the temple, and the chief Shinto priest of Kasuga-taisha Shrine and the "jinin" (associates of Shinto shrine) held Shinboku.
準備が整うと、興福寺僧綱を前面に出し、春日大社社司・神人に神木を奉じさせる。