旅たび役やく者しゃ

noun

itinerant actor; traveling performer

Historical term for actors or troupes who traveled from place to place, especially during the Edo period. Now mainly encountered in historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには旅たび役やく者しゃが村むら々むらを巡めぐって芝しば居いを披ひ露ろうした。

  During the Edo period, itinerant actors traveled around villages performing plays.