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{{Short description|Yōkai}}
[[File:Karakasa.jpg|thumb|upright|A figure of a kasa-obake from the movie [[Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari]]]]
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[[File:Enshin Kasa-obake.jpg|thumb|upright|A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō.<ref name="湯元2005">湯元2005年88頁。</ref>]]
[[File:Karakasa.jpg|thumb|upright|A figure of a ''kasa-obake'' from the 1968 film ''[[Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters]]'']]
{{nihongo|'''Kasa-obake'''|傘おばけ||lead=yes}}<ref name="造2007" /><ref name="一柳2008">[[#一柳2008|一柳2008年]]77頁。</ref> 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 {{nihongo4|"karakasa-obake"|から傘おばけ}},<ref name="造2007">造2007年 76-77頁。</ref><ref name="初見2009">初見2009年 73頁。</ref> {{nihongo4|"kasa-bake"|傘化け}},<ref name="水木1994">水木1994年 144頁。</ref> and {{nihongo4|"karakasa kozō"|唐傘小僧}}.
[[File:Enshin Kasa-obake.jpg|thumb|upright|A two-legged ''kasa-obake'' from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō.<ref name="湯元2005">湯元2005年88頁。</ref>]]
{{nihongo|'''''Kasa-obake'''''|傘おばけ||lead=yes}}<ref name="造2007" /><ref name="一柳2008">[[#一柳2008|一柳2008年]]77頁。</ref> 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 {{nihongo4|"''karakasa-obake''"|から傘おばけ}},<ref name="造2007">造2007年 76-77頁。</ref><ref name="初見2009">初見2009年 73頁。</ref> {{nihongo4|"''kasa-bake''"|傘化け}},<ref name="水木1994">水木1994年 144頁。</ref> and {{nihongo4|"''karakasa kozō''"|唐傘小僧}}.


== Summary==
== Summary==
They are generally [[Umbrella|umbrellas]] with one eye and jump around with one leg, but sometimes they have two arms or two eyes among other features,<ref name="造2007" /><ref name="村上2000">{{Cite book|author=村上健司編著|title=妖怪事典|year=2000|publisher=毎日新聞社|isbn=978-4-620-31428-0|pages=119頁}}</ref> and they also sometimes are depicted to have a long tongue.<ref name="一柳2008" /> Sometimes, but rarely, they even have two feet, as depicted in the ''yōkai emaki'' such the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki".<ref name="湯元2005" />


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''.<ref name="村上他2000">村上他2000年 54頁。</ref> The ''kasa-obake'' that took on an appearance with one eye and one foot was seen from the Edo period and onwards, and in the [[Obake karuta]] made from the Edo period to the [[Taishō period]], ''kasa-obake'' with one foot could often be seen.<ref name="村上他2000" /> In the ''yōkai'' ''[[sugoroku]]'' "Mukashi-banashi Yōkai Sugoroku (百種怪談妖物双六)" the [[Ansei]] era, a ''kasa-obake'' was depicted under the name "{{nihongo|One-footed from Sagizaka|鷺坂の一本足|Sagazaka no Ippon Ashi}}."<ref>{{Cite book|author=人文社研究部編|title=江戸諸国百物語 諸国怪談奇談集成 西日本編|year=2005|publisher=人文社|series=ものしりシリーズ|isbn=978-4-7959-1956-3|pages=2}}</ref> Among the many non-living or still object ''yōkai'' depicted in the "Hyakki Yagyo Emaki", only the umbrella ''yōkai'' can be seen to have remain well-known even after the Edo period,<ref>{{Cite book|author=阿部主計|title=妖怪学入門|year=1968|publisher=雄山閣|pages=128–129頁}}</ref> and it is said to be the most well-known ''yōkai'' of an object.<ref name="村上他2000" />
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,<ref name="造2007" /><ref name="村上2000">{{Cite book|author=村上健司編著|title=妖怪事典|year=2000|publisher=毎日新聞社|isbn=978-4-620-31428-0|pages=119頁}}</ref> and they also sometimes depicted to have a long tongue.<ref name="一柳2008" /> Sometimes, but rarely, they even have two feet, as depicted in the yōkai emaki such the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki."<ref name="湯元2005" />


They frequently appear in legends and [[caricature]]s,<ref name="村上他2000" /><ref name="田神2006">田神他編2006年 72頁。</ref> and as opposed to how they are a ''yōkai'' that is unusually well-known, they do not appear in any eye-witness stories in folklore at all,<ref name="村上他2000" /> and it is not clear what kind of ''yōkai'' they are.<ref name="造2007" /> Literature about them are not accompanied by folktales, and thus they are considered to be a ''yōkai'' that appear only in made-up stories<ref name="田神2006" /> or exist only in pictures.<ref name="村上他2000" /> After the war, there was also the interpretation that their existence was on the same level as [[manga]] characters.<ref name="村上他2000" /> One possibility is that when [[Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai]] became popular in the Edo period, the story-tellers were requested to tell new stories about ''yōkai'' that were not yet known throughout society, and thus they were a ''yōkai'' created by individuals.<ref>{{Cite book|author=京極夏彦|editor=多田克己編|title=妖怪画本 狂歌百物語|year=2008|publisher=国書刊行会|isbn=978-4-3360-5055-7|pages=272–273頁}}</ref>
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 yokai that merely had an umbrella on its head, and thus had a different appearance than that resembling a kasa-obake.<ref name="村上他2000">村上他2000年 54頁。</ref> The kasa-obake that took on an appearance with one eye and one foot was seen from the Edo period and onwards, and in the [[Obake karuta]] made from the Edo period to the [[Taishō period]], kasa-obake with one foot could often be seen.<ref name="村上他2000" /> In the yōkai [[sugoroku]] "Mukashi-banashi Yōkai Sugoroku (百種怪談妖物双六)" the [[Ansei]] era, a kasa-obake was depicted under the name "{{nihongo|One-footed from Sagizaka|鷺坂の一本足|Sagazaka no Ippon Ashi}}."<ref>{{Cite book|author=人文社研究部編|title=江戸諸国百物語 諸国怪談奇談集成 西日本編|year=2005|publisher=人文社|series=ものしりシリーズ|isbn=978-4-7959-1956-3|pages=2}}</ref> Among the many non-living or still object yōkai depicted in the "Hyakki Yagyo Emaki," only the umbrella yōkai can be seen to have remain well-known even after the Edo period,<ref>{{Cite book|author=阿部主計|title=妖怪学入門|year=1968|publisher=雄山閣|pages=128–129頁}}</ref> and it is said to be the most well-known yōkai of an object.<ref name="村上他2000" />


It's thought that everyday objects have an ability to become apparitions over time (usually at least 100 years). These are called [[tsukumogami]], and some literature consider this ''yōkai'' to be one example of them,<ref name="一柳2008" /><ref>{{Cite book|author=多田克己|title=幻想世界の住人たち|year=1990|publisher=新紀元社|series=Truth in fantasy|volume=IV|isbn=978-4-915146-44-2|pages=303頁}}</ref> but it has not been confirmed that there are any classical literature or classical essays that verify this.<ref name="造2007" />
They frequently appear in legends and [[caricature]]s,<ref name="村上他2000" /><ref name="田神2006">田神他編2006年 72頁。</ref> and as opposed to how they are a yōkai that is unusually well-known, they do not appear in any eye-witness stories in folklore at all,<ref name="村上他2000" /> and it is not clear what kind of yōkai they are.<ref name="造2007" /> Literature about them are not accompanied by folktales, and thus they are considered to be a yōkai that appear only in made-up stories<ref name="田神2006" /> or exist only in pictures.<ref name="村上他2000" /> After the war, there was also the interpretation that they were an existence that was on the same level as [[manga]] characters.<ref name="村上他2000" /> One possibility that has been thought of is that when [[Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai]] became popular in the Edo period, the story-tellers were requested to tell new stories and about yōkai that is not yet known throughout society, and thus they were a yōkai created by individuals.<ref>{{Cite book|author=京極夏彦|editor=多田克己編|title=妖怪画本 狂歌百物語|year=2008|publisher=国書刊行会|isbn=978-4-3360-5055-7|pages=272–273頁}}</ref>


After the war, they became a representative character for depictions of ''obake'' and haunted houses<ref name="造2007" /><ref name="初見2009" /> and are frequently used as characters in [[anime]], [[manga]],<ref name="一柳2008" /> and [[films]] that have a theme based around ''yōkai.''<ref name="水木1994" />
For tools used in human life, there was the way of thought that, as months and years pass by and these tools become older, they have an ability to become apparitions. These are called [[tsukumogami]], and some literature consider this yōkai to be one example of them,<ref name="一柳2008" /><ref>{{Cite book|author=多田克己|title=幻想世界の住人たち|year=1990|publisher=新紀元社|series=Truth in fantasy|volume=IV|isbn=978-4-915146-44-2|pages=303頁}}</ref> but it has not been confirmed that there are any classical literature or classical essays that verifies this.<ref name="造2007" />

After the war, they became a representative character for depictions of obake and haunted houses,<ref name="造2007" /><ref name="初見2009" /> and are frequently used as characters [[anime]], [[manga]],<ref name="一柳2008" /> and [[movies]] that have a theme on yōkai,<ref name="水木1994" /> and are also generally doodled by children.<ref name="造2007" />


==Similar stories==
==Similar stories==
These are not ''kasa-obake'', but in folktales, as an umbrella ''yōkai'', in the [[Higashiuwa District, Ehime|Higashiuwa region]], [[Ehime Prefecture]], there is a story that a rain umbrella would appear in valleys on rainy nights, and those who see it would cower and not be able to move their feet.<ref name="村上他2000" /> Also, in [[Mizokuchi, Tottori|Mizokuchi]], [[Tottori Prefecture]] (now [[Hōki, Tottori|Hōki]], [[Saihaku District, Tottori|Saihaku District]]), there is a ''yōkai'' called ''yūreigasa'' (幽霊傘, "ghost umbrella") that has one eye and one foot like the ''kasa-obake'', but it is said that on days of strong wind, they would blow people up into the skies.<ref name="水木1994" />


== See also ==
These are not kasa-obake, but in folktales, as an umbrella yōkai, in the [[Higashiuwa District, Ehime|Higashiuwa region]], [[Ehime Prefecture]], there is a story that a rain umbrella would appear in valleys on rainy nights, and those who see it would cower and not be able to move their feet.<ref name="村上他2000" /> Also, in [[Mizokuchi, Tottori|Mizokuchi]], [[Tottori Prefecture]] (now [[Hōki, Tottori|Hōki]], [[Saihaku District, Tottori|Saihaku District]]), there is a yōkai called yūreigasa (幽霊傘, "ghost umbrella") that has one eye and one foot like the kasa-obake, but it is said that on days of strong wind, they would blow people up into the skies.<ref name="水木1994" />
* ''[[Chōchinobake]]''

* ''[[Imbunche]]''
==In popular culture==
* ''[[Monopod (creature)|Monopod]]''
* Kasa-obake are depicted as minor enemies in the video game ''[[The Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]].<ref name="filibustercartoons">{{cite web |url=http://www.filibustercartoons.com/ninja_levels.htm |title=Legend of the Mystical Ninja, annotated edition |editor=J.J. McCullough |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Obake]]''
* Kasa-obake are depicted as minor enemies throughout the ''[[KiKi KaiKai]]'' series.
* ''[[Tsukumogami]]''
* The kasa-obake was a main fighter in the 1968 [[Daiei Motion Picture Company|Daiei]] film, ''[[Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare]]'', the prop was originally created for the earlier ''[[Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters]]''.
* ''[[Yōkai]]''
* Kasa-obake also make common appearances in ''[[GeGeGe no Kitarō]]'' along with various other [[Yōkai]].
* In the scrolling shooter series ''[[Touhou Project]]'', Kogasa Tatara is a Kasa-obake in the game ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''
* The 1993 Japanese television series ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]'', features two [[Monster of the week|monsters of the week]] based on this Yōkai. First is a cycloptic monster under the name of ''Kasabake'' and the second one was a beautiful woman named ''Karakasa''. Both were members of the "Youkai Army Corps", the villains of the series.
* Kasa-obake are used, amongst other bizarre apparitions, by three wacky former psychiatrists become Meganoid commanders to try and drive Banjō Haran mad in the 36th episode of the Japanese anime ''[[Daitarn 3]]''.
* The Kasa-obake makes an appearance in ''[[The Great Yokai War]]''.
* Kasa-obake are depicted as boss enemies in various ''[[Kirby (series)|Kirby]]'' video games.
* The Karakara appearing in the Pumpkin Zone in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' are based on Kasa-obake.
* A Karasaka-obake Yo-kai named Pallysol appears alongside other classical Yo-kai in the game and anime ''[[Yo-Kai Watch]]''.
* The Kasa-obake appears as a character in ''[[Jackbox Party Pack 3]]'''s game Tee K.O.
* There's a song from the game series ''[[Project Diva Future Tone]]'' called "Here Comes Karakasa-san" which is about kasa-obake basically.
* The Kasa-obake was used as the Monster-of-the-week in an episode of the 2015 Japanese television series ''[[Shuriken Sentai Ninninger]]''.


==Notes==
==Notes==
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* {{Cite book|author=村上健司他編著|title=百鬼夜行解体新書|year=2000|publisher=コーエー|isbn=978-4-87719-827-5|ref=村上2000}}
* {{Cite book|author=村上健司他編著|title=百鬼夜行解体新書|year=2000|publisher=コーエー|isbn=978-4-87719-827-5|ref=村上2000}}
* {{Cite book|author=湯本豪一|title=百鬼夜行絵巻 妖怪たちが騒ぎだす|year=2005|publisher=小学館|isbn=978-4-09-607023-9|ref=湯元2005}}
* {{Cite book|author=湯本豪一|title=百鬼夜行絵巻 妖怪たちが騒ぎだす|year=2005|publisher=小学館|isbn=978-4-09-607023-9|ref=湯元2005}}

== See also ==
* [[Obake]]
* [[Yōkai]]
* [[Chōchinobake]]
* [[Tsukumogami]]
* [[Inbunche]]
* [[Monopod (creature)|Monopod]]


{{Japanese folklore long}}
{{Japanese folklore long}}


[[Category:Japanese legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Tsukumogami]]
[[Category:Tsukumogami]]

Latest revision as of 19:14, 24 May 2023

A figure of a kasa-obake from the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters
A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō.[1]

Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ)[2][3] 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 "karakasa-obake" (から傘おばけ),[2][4] "kasa-bake" (傘化け),[5] and "karakasa kozō" (唐傘小僧).

Summary[edit]

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,[2][6] and they also sometimes are depicted to have a long tongue.[3] Sometimes, but rarely, they even have two feet, as depicted in the yōkai emaki such the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki".[1]

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 Edo period and onwards, and in the Obake karuta made from the Edo period to the Taishō period, kasa-obake with one foot could often be seen.[7] In the yōkai sugoroku "Mukashi-banashi Yōkai Sugoroku (百種怪談妖物双六)" the Ansei era, a kasa-obake was depicted under the name "One-footed from Sagizaka (鷺坂の一本足, Sagazaka no Ippon Ashi)."[8] Among the many non-living or still object yōkai depicted in the "Hyakki Yagyo Emaki", only the umbrella yōkai can be seen to have remain well-known even after the Edo period,[9] and it is said to be the most well-known yōkai of an object.[7]

They frequently appear in legends and caricatures,[7][10] and as opposed to how they are a yōkai that is unusually well-known, they do not appear in any eye-witness stories in folklore at all,[7] and it is not clear what kind of yōkai they are.[2] Literature about them are not accompanied by folktales, and thus they are considered to be a yōkai that appear only in made-up stories[10] or exist only in pictures.[7] After the war, there was also the interpretation that their existence was on the same level as manga characters.[7] One possibility is that when Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai became popular in the Edo period, the story-tellers were requested to tell new stories about yōkai that were not yet known throughout society, and thus they were a yōkai created by individuals.[11]

It's thought that everyday objects have an ability to become apparitions over time (usually at least 100 years). These are called tsukumogami, and some literature consider this yōkai to be one example of them,[3][12] but it has not been confirmed that there are any classical literature or classical essays that verify this.[2]

After the war, they became a representative character for depictions of obake and haunted houses[2][4] and are frequently used as characters in anime, manga,[3] and films that have a theme based around yōkai.[5]

Similar stories[edit]

These are not kasa-obake, but in folktales, as an umbrella yōkai, in the Higashiuwa region, Ehime Prefecture, there is a story that a rain umbrella would appear in valleys on rainy nights, and those who see it would cower and not be able to move their feet.[7] Also, in Mizokuchi, Tottori Prefecture (now Hōki, Saihaku District), there is a yōkai called yūreigasa (幽霊傘, "ghost umbrella") that has one eye and one foot like the kasa-obake, but it is said that on days of strong wind, they would blow people up into the skies.[5]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b 湯元2005年88頁。
  2. ^ a b c d e f 造2007年 76-77頁。
  3. ^ a b c d 一柳2008年77頁。
  4. ^ a b 初見2009年 73頁。
  5. ^ a b c 水木1994年 144頁。
  6. ^ 村上健司編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. pp. 119頁. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h 村上他2000年 54頁。
  8. ^ 人文社研究部編 (2005). 江戸諸国百物語 諸国怪談奇談集成 西日本編. ものしりシリーズ. 人文社. p. 2. ISBN 978-4-7959-1956-3.
  9. ^ 阿部主計 (1968). 妖怪学入門. 雄山閣. pp. 128–129頁.
  10. ^ a b 田神他編2006年 72頁。
  11. ^ 京極夏彦 (2008). 多田克己編 (ed.). 妖怪画本 狂歌百物語. 国書刊行会. pp. 272–273頁. ISBN 978-4-3360-5055-7.
  12. ^ 多田克己 (1990). 幻想世界の住人たち. Truth in fantasy. Vol. IV. 新紀元社. pp. 303頁. ISBN 978-4-915146-44-2.

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  • 湯本豪一 (2005). 百鬼夜行絵巻 妖怪たちが騒ぎだす. 小学館. ISBN 978-4-09-607023-9.