kasa-obake
Sign in to savethumb|upright|A figure of a kasa-obake from the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters thumb|upright|A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō. are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore. They are sometimes, but not always, considered a tsukumogami that old umbrellas turn into. They are also called , , and .
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thumb|upright|A figure of a kasa-obake from the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters thumb|upright|A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō. are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore. They are sometimes, but not always, considered a tsukumogami that old umbrellas turn into. They are also called , , and .
== Summary== They are generally umbrellas with one eye and jump around with one leg, but sometimes they have two arms or two eyes among other features, and they also sometimes are depicted to have a long tongue. Sometimes, but rarely, they even have two feet, as depicted in the yōkai emaki such the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki".