The 'komahiki' event was one ritual that occurred within the imperial court in August each year when horses that were agisted in the Eastern provinces according to imperial edict were brought to the south hall of the imperial palace and paraded in front of the Emperor and afterwards nobility selected some whilst the remainder were stabled or allocated to the imperial guard.
駒牽（こまひき）とは、宮中行事の1つで毎年8月に東国に置かれた勅旨牧から貢進されたウマを内裏南殿において天皇の御前にて披露した後に出席した公卿らに一部を下賜し、残りを馬寮・近衛府に分配する行事。