karakasa-obake; umbrella ghost
A legendary Japanese yōkai: a one-eyed, one-legged umbrella spirit with a long tongue, often depicted hopping around.
The karakasa-obake is said to be a yōkai born from an old umbrella.
I saw a papier-mâché karakasa-obake in the haunted house.
付喪神 is the broader category of tools that become spirits after 100 years; からかさ小僧 is a specific example of such a spirit.
一つ目小僧 is a one-eyed child-like yōkai, while からかさ小僧 is specifically an umbrella with one eye and one leg.
Standard mixed kana-kanji spelling for this yōkai.
Full kanji spelling; less common but still seen in folklore contexts.
From からかさ (oil-paper umbrella) + 小僧 (young boy/monk). The exact origin of the yōkai legend is uncertain, but it belongs to the tsukumogami tradition where old objects gain spirits.