They were therefore exempt from the Sankinkotai (a system under which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo); however, they were obliged to go to Edo and meet the shogun on the accession of a new head of the Matsui family or a new Tokugawa shogun.
毎年の参勤交代こそしないものの、松井家当主および徳川将軍の代替わりに際しては江戸に出府して将軍に拝謁した。