Also, on the morning of the day prior to the ceremony another ceremony whereby a horse contributed by the officers and men of the imperial guard was taken to the Osaka no seki (the Osaka Barrier) in a ceremony called the Komamukae ('Horse Welcoming').
また、儀式に先立って当日の朝に近衛府の将兵が貢進された馬を逢坂関で出迎える駒迎（こまむかえ）の儀式もあわせて行われていた。