Osakabehime

Osakabehime (刑部姫) is a figure in Japanese folklore. She is described as a yokai inhabiting Himeji Castle.[1] There is a Kabuki play based on her story, considered one of the Shin-Kabuki Jūhachiban.[2]

In fiction

Osakabehime appears in Type-Moon's Fate franchise as an Assassin class Servant in their mobile game Fate/Grand Order.[3]

References
  1. Moku, Jōya (1985). Mock Jōya's Things Japanese. Japan Times. p. 404. ISBN 9784789002813.
  2. Shaver, R. M. (2013). Kabuki Costume. Tuttle Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 9781462903986.
  3. "FGO Halloween 2019 Himeji Castle War". Fate/Grand Order Official USA Website.
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