Noun
high-ranking noh actor
see 能太夫
head of a school of noh performance
high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)
Historical term
jōruri narrator; manzai narrator
female role actor in kabuki
see 女形
lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
head of a sarugaku troupe
Historical termsee 猿楽座
senior priest at a Shinto shrine
see 禰宜
Also written 大夫【たゆう】