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