Meaning of 太夫 in Japanese
Definition of 太夫
- (n) high-ranking Noh actor
- head of a school of noh performance
- high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)
- joruri narrator; manzai narrator
- female role actor in kabuki
- low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
- lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
