太夫

たゆう

• Noun

  common noun
  1. high-ranking Noh actor.

     See also 能太夫 .

  2. head of a school of noh performance.
  3. high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period).
  4. joruri narrator; manzai narrator.

     See also 浄瑠璃 , 万歳 .

  5. female role actor in kabuki.

     See also 女形 .

  6. low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine.

     See also 御師 .

  7. lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) (only 太夫).