Tayu may refer to: Tayū, highest class of traditional entertainer in Japan Tayu, Liaoning, a town in Wanghua District, Fushun, Liaoning, People's Republic...
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Tayū (太夫) are the highest class of traditional courtesan in Japan. Traditionally the highest class of Geisha, tayū were distinguished historically from...
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Oiran (section Modern oiran and tayū)
number of ranks within this category, the highest rank of oiran were the tayū, who were considered to be set apart from other oiran due to their intensive...
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Nihongami (section Oiran and tayū)
different styles of nihongami are also worn by courtesan re-enactors and modern tayū, and many styles once common in the Edo period are seen faithfully reproduced...
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a bunraku performance: the Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai (puppeteers), the tayū (chanters), and shamisen musicians. Occasionally other instruments such as...
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Tayu (Chinese: 塔峪; pinyin: Tǎyù) is a town under the administration of Wanghua District, Fushun, Liaoning, China. As of 2023[update], it administers the...
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work for both yūjo (遊女 [ja], lit. 'prostitute') and oiran (courtesans). Tayū, technically the highest rank of courtesan, also lived in the red-light districts;...
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The Attendant to Empress Inpu (殷富門院大輔, Inpu-mon'in no Tayū, 1130–1200) was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet in the Heian period. She was a daughter...
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more years. By the 1970s, geisha were no longer registered in Shimabara. Tayū, who never disappeared entirely from Shimabara, were allowed to register...
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No Regrets of Youth (青春無悔) (Mandarin) Composer: Lo Tayu Lyricist: Lee Kin-tat (Cantonese), Lo Tayu (Mandarin) Singer: Shirley Yuen (袁鳳瑛) The theme song...
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