太夫たゆう

noun

high-ranking noh actor

Specifically a top-ranked performer in noh, often the lead shite actor. Cross-referenced with 能太夫.

See also: 能太夫

• 彼かれは能のう楽がく協きょう会かいで太夫たゆうとして活かつ躍やくしている。

  He is active as a high-ranking noh actor in the Noh Association.

noun

head of a noh school

Refers to the leader or iemoto of a school of noh performance.

• 観かん世ぜ流りゅうの太夫たゆうが新あたらしい演えん目もくを発はっ表ぴょうした。

  The head of the Kanze school of noh announced a new piece.

noun

high-ranking courtesan (Edo period)

Historical term for a top-tier courtesan, especially in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters during the Edo period.

• 吉よし原わらの太夫たゆうは教きょう養ようと芸げい事ごとに優すぐれていた。

  The high-ranking courtesans of Yoshiwara excelled in culture and the arts.

noun

jōruri narrator; manzai narrator

A narrator or chanter in traditional performing arts such as jōruri (puppet theater) or manzai (comic storytelling).

See also: 浄瑠璃 · 万歳 (まんざい)

• 浄じょう瑠る璃りの太夫たゆうが情じょう感かん豊ゆたかに語かたった。

  The jōruri narrator recited with great emotion.

noun

female role actor in kabuki

An onnagata, a male actor specializing in female roles in kabuki. Cross-referenced with 女形.

See also: 女形

• 彼かれは歌か舞ぶ伎きで太夫たゆうとして女おんな形がたを務つとめる。

  He performs as a female role actor in kabuki.

noun

lord steward (fifth court rank)

Only when written 太夫

Historical court title; formerly the fifth rank in the imperial court hierarchy. Restricted to the kanji 太夫.

• 太夫たゆうは五ご位いの官かん職しょくの一ひとつであった。

  The lord steward was one of the fifth-rank court positions.

noun

head of a sarugaku troupe

Historical term for the leader of a sarugaku (early form of noh) performance group.

See also: 猿楽座

• 猿さる楽がく座ざの太夫たゆうが一いち座ざを率ひきいていた。

  The head of the sarugaku troupe led the company.

noun

senior Shinto priest

A high-ranking priest at a Shinto shrine, often equivalent to a 禰宜 (negi).

See also: 禰宜

• 神じん社じゃの太夫たゆうが祭さい事じを執とり行おこなった。

  The senior priest of the shrine conducted the ritual.