Difficulty in Finding A Definition
Because the term has been applied to several different concepts in Japanese folklore, there remains some confusion as to what the term actually means.
For example, literally, Tsukumogami is translated as “old woman hair,” though other scholars have defined it as “pasqueflower” as well. This comes from a tenth-century poem:
Momotose ni/ Hitotose taranu/ Tsukumogami/ Ware wo kourashi/ Omokage ni miyu.
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