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In the Hyakki Yagyo Emaki from the Muromachi period, yōkai that appeared as umbrellas could be seen, but in this emaki, it was a humanoid yōkai that merely had an umbrella on its head and thus had a different appearance than that resembling a kasa-obake. [7] The kasa-obake that took on an appearance with one eye and one foot was seen from the ...
Kasa-obake A paper-umbrella monster that is sometimes considered a tsukumogami. Kasha A cart-like demon that descends from the sky, or a cat-like demon, which carries away the corpses of evildoers. Katawaguruma A type of wanyūdō, with an anguished woman instead of a monk's head in a burning wheel. Kawaakago
Like most other tsukumogami, the Kasa-obake is mostly harmless. However, there are examples of yōkai bearing similarities to the Kasa-obake being responsible for causing harm, such as one named Yūreigasa (Japanese: 幽霊傘, lit. "ghost umbrella"), who would blow people high into the sky on days of strong winds. The scene in which Kasa-obake ...
"Kamaitachi" (窮奇) from the "Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien "Kamaitachi" (鎌鼬) from the Kyōka Hyaku Monogatari by Masasumi RyūkansaijinKamaitachi (鎌鼬) is a Japanese yōkai from the oral tradition of the Kōshin'etsu region.
A rich landowner intends to tear down a local shrine and other houses to build a brothel. He holds a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai ceremony during which various tales of yōkai are told, such as the tales of kasa-obake (an umbrella tsukumogami), and a long-necked rokurokubi. However, the landowner omits the purification ceremony at the end to ward ...
Due to the influence of a large number of Hawaiians with Japanese ancestry, on the islands of Hawaii the term obake has found its way into the dialect of the local people. . Some Japanese stories concerning these creatures have found their way into local culture in Hawaii: numerous sightings of kappa have been reported on the islands, and the Japanese faceless ghosts called noppera-bō have ...
Sumako tries walking home through the woods, but comes across Hajime's burial sight. As she tries to leave, she is accosted by a Chōchin-obake, a Kasa-obake, a Rokurokubi and various yōkai and other entities resembling her classmates. When she comes to, she is clearly possessed by the spirit of Hajime.
In Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki (今昔画図続百鬼), the yōkai is called "Osakabe" and is depicted as an old princess with a bat.. In Misaka Daiyata's Rōō Chabanashi (老媼茶話, Tea-time gossip of old ladies), from 1742, a young page named Morita Zusho went on a dare to go see if a yōkai really lived in the upper floors of Himeji Castle he saw a noble woman in her 30s ...