Talk:Day 221-230/@comment-124.83.16.225-20151118125219

May I suggest a different translation for 太夫? Although the translation given here is High Performer, that would be 能太夫. Still has 太夫, but 能 is added. 能 can be pronounced as ノウ (nō), so Noh.

Given Me's image, it would be more apt to translate 太夫 as a high ranking courtesan. If people don't object to it, it could be translated as Oiran, which can be used to refer to all courtesans in general, but is technically meant for the high class courtesan. Although if people object to using a Japanese term (I mean, you could just go with Tayū instead since it's more specific and how 太夫 is actually pronounce) since, unless you know that Oiran (or Tayū) refer to courtesans, it won't really help people understand without a note. So you could just go with High Courtesan instead.

But yeah, I'm just objecting to High Performer since I believe 太夫 is referring to the Oiran rank.