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太夫

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator

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Meaning

  1. n
    high-ranking noh actor
  2. n
    head of a school of noh performance
  3. n
    high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
  4. n
    jōruri narrator; manzai narrator
  5. n
    female role actor in kabuki
  6. n
    lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
  7. n
    head of a sarugaku troupe
  8. n
    senior priest at a Shinto shrine

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