A part of yujo in the Edo period were women who had been sold from a pander, but most of the high ranking yujo were born to a red-light district or the family of light accomplishments; of such girls, those who were bright and beautiful since they were young were trained as kaburo (child attendants of prostitutes).
江戸時代の遊女の一部は女衒から売られた女性であったが、高級遊女の大部分は、廓の中や、遊芸者層で生まれた女子の中で、幼少時から利発かつ明眸皓歯な者が、禿として見習いから育てられた。