It is said that a high-class female servant employed persons called 'Heyakata,' and chore-men called 'gosai' who did her private chores, such as shopping outside the castle instead of her.
上級女中たちは、「部屋方」という使用人や、自分たちの代わりに外での買い物等の私用を引き受ける「五菜」という下働きを雇っていたとされる。