The courtesan Makinoto of the Chôjiya is seen here in a procession with her two shinzô and her two kamuro. Oiran made processions, called oiran dôchû, to meet a client at a teahouse and on other special occasions. (Tayû had done the same with respect to ageya prior to 1761.) Such processions were likened to those of domainal lords (daimyô) and were marked by as much pomp and circumstance, albeit on a much smaller scale. Processions were one of the daily displays in the quarter and as Cecila Segawa Seigle points out: "The courtesan in procession was not a normal human being: she was a figure on the stage of the Yoshiwara and had to maintain her composure throughout. She ignored all acquaintances, friends, and lovers. Addressed, she did not respond and kept her eyes straight ahead. At most she might smile slightly or nod." (Yoshiwara, p. 228) Click on Makinoto for a schematic of a large formal procession.