Teppō (, rifle) refers to another type of prostitute who worked outside the walls of Yoshiwara and charged exceptionally low rates. Utamaro depicts her undignified form slumped down in a manner Harld P. Stern likens to Mount Fuji. Those who worked in the low-ranking kiri-mise brothels were prone to contracting fatal syphilis; from this came the contemptuous nicknames teppō-mise rifle shop and teppō-jorō rifle prostitutes.