Furthermore, although people were continuing to get seasick due to rough seas during the voyage and close associates recommended changing the plan to go by land, Iemochi strictly ordered to 'leave it to the gunkan bugyo (the government's naval magistrate) for issues on the sea' and expressed unchanged trust for Katsu.
さらに航海の途中で海が荒れて船に酔う人が続出したため、側近から陸行への変更を奨められたが、この時「海上のことは軍艦奉行に任せよ」と厳命し、勝への変わらぬ信頼を表した。