Thereafter, the successive iemoto of Omote-senke served the Kishu-Tokugawa family as the sado receiving a stipend of 200 koku, which was equivalent to that for a middle-echelon samurai.
以後明治に至るまで表千家の歴代家元は紀州徳川家の茶頭として仕え、中級武士並の二百石の禄を受けた。