The role of Toya was generally performed by one family; however, related families or neighbors occasionally helped it; the former was called Honto, and the latter were called Wakito, or Sukekashira.
頭屋は通常一軒が務めるが、同族や近所の家が助ける場合もありその場合には前者を本頭、後者を脇頭・助頭と言った。