At first, roju (senior councilor) Masanao TSUCHIYA, koke (a master of ceremony) Motokuro HATAKEYAMA and others had an audience with Imperial envoys and Inshi (a messenger from the retired Emperor), and Asano, who was in charge of the entertainment, was introduced then.
まず老中土屋政直と高家畠山基玄らが勅使・院使に拝謁し、この際に勅使饗応役の浅野も紹介された。