Once an old oiled-paper umbrella of Chinese design, this one-legged monster is by far the most popular
tsukumo-gami, appearing frequently in modern comics, movies, and video games. An oddball charmer, it
is often portrayed as being a bit friendlier than the vengeful spirit of a tattered, discarded piece of refuse really should be.¹

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1. Mizuki vol. 1 2003, p. 32