A type of tsukumogami typical of early modern yokai art. The hair-spear used both as a practical weapon and as a symbol in processions was thought to accrue spiritual potency through associations with masters and tales of valor. In Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, Sekien depicted it wielding a wooden mallet, assigning it a specific object-name while drawing on older iconographic bones. The name Yarigechō likely arose where Night Parade motifs from the Muromachi era, Edo antiquarian taste, and the culture of famed implements converged. Modern print editions and nishiki-e varied the image, sometimes stressing the spear’s decorative plumes, yet it lacks distinctive oral lore and is known mainly through pictures and bibliographic notes.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - Animated Objects & Undead
Rarity - Rare
Personality - bold, showy
Compatibility - resonates with arms and armor, harmonizes with objects from military processions
Abilities - manifesting spiritual vigor that boosts the force of processions, calling forth solidarity among spirits dwelling in old implements, startling people with percussive onomatopoeia by hammering stools and stands with a wooden mallet
Weaknesses - loses momentum if it is stripped of provenance or missing its spearhead or plumes, calmed by purification rites or fragrant ablutions
Habitat - armories of samurai estates, staging areas for festivals and processions, back rooms of antique dealers
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