太夫

たゆうtayuu

noun

  1. high-ranking noh actor
  2. head of a school of noh performance
  3. high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
  4. jōruri narrator
  5. manzai narrator
  6. female role actor in kabuki
  7. lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
  8. head of a sarugaku troupe

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