Many of them were said to be fashionable and worthy of being called 'Edo no san otoko' (men with three popular occupations in Edo: Yoriki [a police sergeants], Rikishi [a sumo wrestler], and Hikeshi [a fireman]).
「江戸の三男」（えどのさんおとこ）にふさわしい粋な人物が多かったらしい。