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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.