1. Noun

   high-ranking noh actor

   see 能太夫

2. head of a school of noh performance

3. high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)

   Historical term

4. jōruri narrator; manzai narrator

   see 浄瑠璃see 万歳see まんざい

5. female role actor in kabuki

   see 女形

6. lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)

7. head of a sarugaku troupe

   Historical termsee 猿楽座

8. senior priest at a Shinto shrine

   see 禰宜

Also written 大夫【たゆう】tayuu