The girls with long necks are called "rokurokubi" The living object ones are called "tsukumogami."

One of the most famous tsukumogami is the Karaksa Obake, an umbrella yokai.

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Heres the first of hopefully a few monster women, specifically a Hone-onna (though with a Tsukumogami style umbrella instead of the traditional lantern because i wanted to use moonlight instead)

Going to try to make this a print later

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Another common one is a Tsukumogami. Which is a tool that has aged and gained a spirit. Legend says that if you mistreat your belongings, they will return as yokai. Practices like thanking an item for its usefulness before properly discarding are still used
Art:

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YAKKUUさん( )からホルダー限定NFTが届いていましたっ!!😻ビックリ👀✨この迫力と力強さを見てください😼✨とてもパワーが貰えます!!
お化け、妖怪がお好きな方は是非Tsukumogami gangをチェックです🥰
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i saw this one and immedietly thought "candlestick tsukumogami" might refine later <3

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I missed one!

Tsukumogami No. 12: Koto Furunishi

The Koto Furunushi is created from an elderly koto, a traditional Japanese zither—but only if treated with respect by its owner. The yokai is harmless to humans, and is said... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 23: Tokeigami (Zorigami)

This particular tsukumogami is formed from an old clock—featured is a Japanese lantern clock. The name of this yokai is up for debate, as the internet's name... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 22: Ichiren Bozu

The Ichiren Bozu is a yokai created from a ring of prayer beads. Nothing more is known about this ethereal tsukumogami.

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Tsukumogami No. 21: Morinji No Okama

The Morinji No Okama is formed from a Japanese tea kettle—and that is all we really know about it. A specific Morinji No Okama is... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 20: Menreiki

The Menreiki is an amalgam of various Gigaku masks, which were masks used for silent-mime drama performances. After having fallen into disuse, this yokai goes after its owners, but it is more so a nuisance than a danger. (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 19: Kyorinrin
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The Kyorinrin is formed from the cumulative knowledge of various scrolls, books, and texts that have fallen into disuse. They will decorate themselves with even more scrolls and texts, adorning their head with... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 18: Shirouneri

The Shirouneri is old mangled mosquito netting and dusty cloth that takes on the form of a tiny dragon. It is a mischievous yokai that likes to fly around the air chasing servants, wrapping their bodies... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 17: Shami Choro

The Shami Choro is a possessed shamisen, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument, often of a master musician. Due to the master dying or moving on to other instruments, the lonely instrument becomes a yokai, longing to be played again.

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Tsukumogami No. 16: Ungaikyo

The Ungaikyo is a haunted mirror that has the ability to create distorted and monstrous reflections of those who gaze into it. It is also said to show the true form of other yokai that have disguised themselves as humans.

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Tsukumogami No. 15: Minowaraji

The Minowaraji (also known as the Minosoji) is a possessed Japanese mino and pair of waraji, or a traditional straw raincoat and sandals. They take on the grudges of their overtaxed farmer owners and an overall desire to work, so they will... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 14: Kasa Obake

The Kasa Obake is an old umbrella that grows a face and limbs—which features and how many depend on the story. In fact, there is nothing written about them in older texts, so it is thought to be a yokai only featured in made-up stories or pictures.

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Tsukumogami No. 13: Yama Oroshi
The Yama Oroshi is a dull grater that can no longer grate anything, so it grows a body and its blades protrude like porcupine spines. Not much else is known about this yokai, other than that its name... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 11: Kosode No Te

The Kosode No Te is a pair of ghostly hands that emerge from the sleeves of a kimono formerly owned by a prostitute. Some say that if the deceased was owed money in life, the yokai will seek out her debtors and scare them into paying... (1/2)

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Tsukumogami No. 10: Jatai

The Jatai is an animated obi, a kimono sash, that moves about like a snake. It slithers around hunting for men, with the intent of strangling them in their sleep.

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Tsukumogami No. 9: Kameosa

The Kameosa is an old sake jar that overflows with an unending supply of whatever liquid it was filled with. While its appearance is quite frightening, this yokai is actually amiable and benign.

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