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> Pronunciation: (KAH-sah oh-BAH-keh)


> English name: Umbrella yokai


> Distinctive features: Animated paper umbrella with a single large eye, long tongue, and one hopping leg. Often playful and exaggerated in expression. sometimes has arms. surrounded in spirit flames. 


> Powers: Animation, supernatural agility for surprise attacks, playful haunting. can use spirit flames to trick people. 


> Habitat: Streets, alleys, abandoned homes, storage spaces


> Claim to fame: A tsukumogami born from a 100 year old umbrella. when an object grows old enough it gains it's own spirit and this one got abandoned so now plays pranks as harmless revenge. 


> Common tattoo depictions: One-legged umbrella mid-hop, tongue out, cartoonishly eerie expression. always full body but doesn't have to be very big. 


> Tattoo symbolism: Whimsy, neglect, the supernatural hidden in everyday life.

if you'd like to know more about any of these creatures or if i'm missing one let me know! 

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kasa_obake://Utagawa_Yoshikazu

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