Talk:Ghost/@comment-5426290-20150525083909/@comment-25035274-20150603164721

Nah. Tsukumogami (the class of Yokai that the Karakasa-obake and Chochin-obake belong to) have nothing to do with ghosts. They're just inanimate objects that come to life over time.

Japanese folk-lore actually has quite a lot of them. Other examples that KC has not yet converted to mamono include the Ittan Momen (a roll of cotton that comes to life and starts trying to smother people), the Boroboro-ton (an old futon that tries to strangle the person sleeping on it), the Kameosa (a sake bottle-turned-yokai that never runs out of its stored liquid), and the Ichiren-bozu (a set of Buddhist prayer beads that come to life and attempt to lead other tsukumogami away from their mischievous/dangerous ways and onto the path of enlightenment).

There's tons more, beyond those. Japanese folk-lore's full of different kinds of tsukumogami, ranging from the dangerous to the helpful to the downright bizarre.