Kimio NAKANISHI, a geisha in the teahouse "Uoshina" on the Yamato-oji-dori Street, is known to have kept anti-shogunate samurai from being caught by the Shinsengumi.
当時、大和大路通に営業していた『魚品』の芸妓、中西君尾は志士らを新選組の目から逃れさせたことで有名。