太
たゆう
太夫
表記・読み:大夫・たゆう
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high-ranking noh actor
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head of a school of noh performance
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high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
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jōruri narrator; manzai narrator
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female role actor in kabuki
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lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
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head of a sarugaku troupe
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senior priest at a Shinto shrine