On September 23, 1862, Katamori was formally summoned to Edo Castle and presented with the assignment. The position was not without its personal incentives: it included an office salary of 50,000 koku a year, a 30,000 ryō loan to cover the expense of traveling to Kyoto, as well as a promotion to senior 4th court rank, lower grade (正四位下; shō-shi'i-ge).[1][15] Following the assignment, a sweeping program of personnel reassignment took place in the Tokugawa government's Kyoto command structure.