Otsuyu - Dew

Japanese: お露 - おつゆ
Otsuyu - Dew
The protagonist of San'yutei Encho's "The Ghost Story of the Peony Lantern."
She is the daughter of the samurai Iijima Heizaemon and dies in love with the ronin Hagiwara Shinzaburou. Otsuyu becomes a ghost and visits Shinzaburou every night, carrying a peony lantern and making the sound of her wooden clogs, but her true identity is soon revealed. The story has also been performed in kabuki, such as "Botan Touki."

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
三遊亭円朝作「怪談牡丹灯籠(ぼたんどうろう)」の主人公。
旗本飯島平左衛門の娘で,浪人萩原新三郎に恋いこがれて死ぬ。お露は幽霊となり,毎晩牡丹灯籠をさげ,駒下駄(こまげた)の音をたてて新三郎のもとにかようが,やがて正体をみやぶられてしまう。歌舞伎でも「牡丹灯記」などとして上演された。

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