The wealthier townspeople were called 'Utokunin' and paid for the Yamahoko Junko (procession of Gion Festival Floats) during the Gion-e (service for souls of Gion) instead of the government and were called 'Junya no Senmin' (people of the lower class who are wealthy).
町衆の中の富裕層は、「有徳人」と称され、祇園会の際に国家に代わって山鉾巡行の費用を拠出し、「潤屋の賤民」と呼ばれた。