Folklore being
Karakasa-Obake
A tsukumogami formed from an old paper umbrella, depicted with one eye, one leg, and a long tongue.
Overview
Karakasa-Obake is a tsukumogami (object-spirit) formed from an aged paper umbrella. The figure is conventionally drawn with one eye, one leg, and a protruding tongue, and is among the best-known of the household-object yokai.
Context of Appearance
The tradition is grounded in the tsukumogami concept: a tool or object that has aged for a hundred years is said to acquire a spirit. Umbrella yokai appear already in Muromachi-period hyakki yagyo emaki, and the iconography stabilized in Edo-period prints.
Referenced Traditions
A serpent-headed umbrella yokai appears in Muromachi-period hyakki yagyo emaki (NDL bibliographic record R100000002-I000007312565). Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyo (1776) includes umbrella-related tsukumogami, and the Nichibun Yokai Image Database catalogs related figures from "Shin-pan Bakemono Tobimeguri Sugoroku" (U426_nichibunken_0081_0027_0000).
Sources
百鬼夜行絵巻（室町時代写本）
Primary source伝藤原経隆
室町時代成立の付喪神絵巻系譜。傘を頭部に頂いた人型妖怪として傘の付喪神が登場
https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000007312565画図百鬼夜行
Primary source鳥山石燕
安永5年（1776年）刊行の妖怪画集。からかさ系妖怪を含む付喪神を収録
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2553975日文研 怪異・妖怪画像データベース — からかさ（大新板化物飛巡双六）
Institutional source国際日本文化研究センター
唐傘の化物。傘に眉目鼻口がついており、舌を出している。腕が2本、脚が1本生えており、いずれも毛深い
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiGazouCard/U426_nichibunken_0081_0027_0000.htmlWikipedia 日本語版 — からかさ小僧
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
江戸時代以降に定着した一つ目・一本足の傘妖怪。百鬼夜行絵巻に登場する傘妖怪を源流とする
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%8B%E3%81%95%E5%B0%8F%E5%83%A7
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