The torite held before the gods (normally in a Shinto shrine) where yugisho took place for three days, and then on the third day the degree of their scalds was examined by bugyoshu.
取手は以後3日間、湯起請が行われた神前（通常は神社）に留めて置かれ、3日目に奉行衆立会いのもとで双方の取手の火傷の調査が行われた。