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*'''Heyamochi''' (部屋持, lit. "room-holding") were courtesans below the rank of ''zashikimochi'', who possessed a single room in which to entertain clients. They typically had no attendants. A visit with a ''heyamochi'' could cost half as much, up to just as much, as an inexpensive ''zashikimochi''.

*'''Heyamochi''' (部屋持, lit. "room-holding") were courtesans below the rank of ''zashikimochi'', who possessed a single room in which to entertain clients. They typically had no attendants. A visit with a ''heyamochi'' could cost half as much, up to just as much, as an inexpensive ''zashikimochi''.

*'''Shinzô''' (新造, lit. "newly made") were teenage courtesans-in-training, who usually served as attendants to higher-ranking courtesans. Though prior to [[1761]] ''shinzô'' attendants to ''tayû'' were forbidden from engaging in sexual relations with clients, after that year, they began to serve clients themselves. A visit with a ''shinzô'' could cost roughly the same as with an inexpensive ''heyamochi''.

*'''Shinzô''' (新造, lit. "newly made") were courtesans-in-training, usually 13 to 23 years of age, who usually served as attendants to higher-ranking courtesans. Younger ''shinzô'' were identified by the long-sleeved ''[[furisode]]'' of a young girl, while those who had earned a certain degree of popularity with clients wore the ''tomesode'' (short sleeves) of a full-fledged courtesan. Though prior to [[1761]] ''shinzô'' attendants to ''tayû'' were forbidden from engaging in sexual relations with clients, after that year, they began to serve clients themselves. A visit with a ''shinzô'' could cost roughly the same as with an inexpensive ''heyamochi''.

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