As the tea leaves were for the Shogun to drink and to offer to the Tokugawa family's sobyo (mausoleum containing the remains of their ancestors), the ochatsubo dochu procession was immensely authoritative.
この御茶壷道中は、将軍が飲み徳川家祖廟に献ずるものであるから自ずからたいへん権威があった。