The day before the fight, Okinaga told Musashi that the fight had been permitted, and at the day of the fight, Musashi would have to go to the island by a boat belonging to the Matsui family and Kojiro would have to go by a boat belonging to the Hosokawa family.
勝負の前日、興長から武蔵に、勝負の許可と、明日は小次郎は細川家の船、武蔵は松井家の船で島に渡るように伝えられた。