The tayu (highest-ranking geisha) plays on its Japanese homograph 'tayu,' the honorific title of Joruri-Katari, who would recite the Joruri (dramatic narrative chanted in accompaniment with shamisen [the three-stringed Japanese banjo] music). 「太夫(大夫)」が浄瑠璃語りの芸人の敬称でもあることにひっかけてある |