Different from the present hairdresser, Tokoya of the day was a technical job which required quite many years of training because they shaved customers' beard, trimmed their eyebrows, and cleaned their ears.
当時の床屋は現在の美容院と違って客の髭を剃ったり眉を整えたり耳掃除までしていたため、かなり長い年月の修行が必要になる技術職でもあった。