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太夫； 大夫
【 たゆう 】
1. [n]
▶ high-ranking noh actor
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2592260 能太夫 1. high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school
2. [n]
▶ head of a school of noh performance
3. [n] [hist]
▶ high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2591320 格子女郎【こうしじょろう】 1. prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū; Edo period)
4. [n]
▶ jōruri narrator
▶ manzai narrator
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1356680 浄瑠璃 1. jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
  ⇒ see: 1526020 万歳【まんざい】 1. door-to-door manzai; form of comedy originally performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai
5. [n]
▶ female role actor in kabuki
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1580250 女形 1. onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
6. [n]
▶ low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2415230 御師 1. low-ranking priest
7. (太夫 only) [n]
▶ lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)



History:
9. A 2022-01-31 11:54:27  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -24 +24,2 @@
-<gloss>high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)</gloss>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)</gloss>
8. A 2018-02-16 17:16:47  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -24 +24 @@
-<gloss>high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo- period)</gloss>
+<gloss>high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)</gloss>
7. A 2018-02-16 07:44:34  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -24 +24 @@
-<gloss>high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)</gloss>
+<gloss>high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo- period)</gloss>
@@ -31 +31 @@
-<gloss>joruri narrator</gloss>
+<gloss>jōruri narrator</gloss>
6. A 2016-06-09 00:53:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>high-ranking Noh actor</gloss>
+<gloss>high-ranking noh actor</gloss>
5. A 2010-11-15 10:30:28  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
For 太夫? That's what is in GG5.
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