In February of 1603, he received the appointment to Seii Taishogun at Fushimi-jo Castle and in March and he moved into the newly completed Nijo-jo Castle, from which he started a procession to the Imperial Palace to hold the Haiga no Rei ceremony in accordance with the tradition since the Muromachi Shogunate.
家康は慶長8年（1603年）2月に伏見城において征夷大将軍補任の宣旨を受け、3月に竣工間もない二条城に入城、室町幕府以来の慣例に基づく「拝賀の礼」を行うため、御所への行列を発した。