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*'''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''.
*'''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''.
*'''Kamuro''' (禿) were children, usually seven to fifteen years of age, who served as courtesans' attendants. Generally, a courtesan had only one ''kamuro'' in the 1600s, while in the 1700s, each courtesan (above a certain rank) came to have two ''kamuro'' accompanying her.
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