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high-ranking noh actor
See also:
能太夫 (のうだゆう)
2
head of a school of noh performance
3
high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
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jōruri narrator;manzai narrator
5
female role actor in kabuki
See also:
女形 (おんながた)
6
only applies to
太夫
lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
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head of a sarugaku troupe
See also:
猿楽座 (さるがくざ)
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senior priest at a Shinto shrine
See also:
禰宜 (ねぎ)
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Tayū
Other forms
大夫 【たゆう】