Ittan-momen (一反木綿 "one bolt(tan) of cotton") is a Tsukumogami formed from a roll of cotton in Japanese myth. The Ittan-momen "flies through the air at night over Kagoshima prefecture"[citation needed] and "attacks humans, often by wrapping around their faces to smother them."[citation needed]
Understood by many Western scholars[1] as a type of Japanese yōkai,[2] the Tsukumogami (付喪神) was a concept popular in Japanese folklore as far back as the tenth century,[3] used in the spread of Shingon Buddhism.[4] Today, the term is generally understood to be applied to virtually any object, “that has reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and self-aware,”[citation needed] though this definition is not without its controversy.[5][6][7]
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