lord steward 太夫 [たゆう] /(n) (1) high-ranking Noh actor/(2) head of a school of noh performance/(3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)/(4) joruri narrator/manzai narrator/(5) female role actor in kabuki/(6) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine/(7) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)/ |