Imperial messengers, wearing old ceremonial court dress, following customs from the pre-Edo period are sent, and people who also dress according to ancient fashion attend as 'representations' of accompanying government officials of the Overseeing Department, and others.
これらは江戸時代以前の慣例による束帯を着た勅使が派遣され、随行の官人である弁官その他の「代」として、やはり古い故実に則った姿をした人々が奉仕する。