太夫;大夫 | [たゆう, tayuu] (n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) #6,515 [Add to Longdo] |
義太夫 | [ぎだゆう, gidayuu] (n) (abbr) (See 義太夫節) gidayuu (type of reciting used in the puppet theater); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
義太夫語り | [ぎだゆうかたり, gidayuukatari] (n) gidayuu reciter [Add to Longdo] |
義太夫節 | [ぎだゆうぶし, gidayuubushi] (n) (See 義太夫) gidayuu ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater) [Add to Longdo] |
太夫元 | [たゆうもと, tayuumoto] (n) manager (theatrical company) [Add to Longdo] |
能太夫 | [のうだゆう, noudayuu] (n) high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school [Add to Longdo] |