太夫

たゆう

Also written as:
  • 大夫

Meanings

  • 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).

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