ちょうちんば
提灯お化け
1. lantern ghost; demonic lantern
2. ChōchinobakeChōchinobake are a type of Tsukumogami, "[the the] lantern-spook (chochinobake) ... a stock character in the pantheon of ghouls and earned mention in the definitive demonology of 1784. " The Chōchinobake in particular was created from a chōchin lantern, composed of "bamboo and paper or silk. " They are portrayed with "one eye, and a long tongue protruding from an open mouth."
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