At five o'clock in the evening of the first day of October, every year, the Shogunate summoned daimyo (feudal lords) and other officials to Edo-jo Castle, where seii-taishogun (literally, a great general who subdues the barbarians) gave each of them a gift of Torinoko mochi (oval rice cakes) in white, red, yellow, dark brown and light green, with which they withdrew from the castle at the hour of dog (from 7 to 9p.m.)
幕府では、大名・諸役人に対して、10月朔日、七つ半（午後5時）に江戸城への登城を命じ、征夷大将軍から白・赤・黄・胡麻・萌黄の5色の鳥の子餅を拝領して、戌の刻（午後7～9時）に退出する。