After an assistant gyoji (sumo referee) recites kiyomeharae no norito (Shinto ritual prayer for purification), the master of the festival conducts a rite and then he recites a prayer called katayakaiko while holding a military leader's fan.
介添えの行司が清祓の祝詞をあげた後、祭主が神事を行い、方屋開口を軍配団扇を手にして言上する。