Dear Iwate, A tale of Tsukumogami

I'm a Saniwa in the year 2205. My name is Ema. My favorites are silent foxes and cats. This time, I'll be talking about object yokai.
When I first started playing the game, to be honest, my head was full of questions. I had no doubt that the Tsukumogami were yokai, so calling them gods, as fans had dubbed them, felt strange. (I don't think they were officially called gods, but maybe something was said somewhere...)

Originally, Tsukumogami have the word "god" in their name, but they are not gods. If an object is used with care for 100 years, it will come to life. That's why people discarded objects 99 years before they were given life. I understood that the regret of a life that could have been born in one more year turned the object into a yokai, which is what became the Tsukumogami (Tsukumogami). When I read the story, I thought that must have been very frustrating. I saw the story as a child, so I can't remember its origin, but I think the Tsukumogami picture scroll is the origin. To begin with, there aren't many descriptions of this line of Tsukumogami stories.

Whether it's the tsukumogami of the Middle Ages or the modern artefact-like yokai, I don't think I've ever seen any mention of them being gods. Even Wikipedia, which could be said to be the leading source of information on gods, only lists a citation and no clear source. Does anyone know any details about the theory that tsukumogami are gods? (Even though there are said to be eight million gods in Japan, are there any cases where the object itself has become a god, rather than a concept of an action or function...?)

Putting aside the swords, I don't think it's so bad that tools that have been used carefully for a long time come to life. You can probably grow attached to them. However, if people in the past avoided this by discarding them as soot cleaners because objects that have life would deceive people, then objects coming to life may be much more troublesome than I think. Remote controls, glasses, and keys, which are already prone to going missing, might disappear into thin air, electrical appliances might become sulky, and mirrors might reflect images differently depending on the day. Hmm, I wish they'd stop disappearing into thin air... Ittan Momen is also a monster, and considering the original life cycle of Ittan Momen, people in the past probably thought that objects coming to life would cause trouble. They've been using it for years, but now it's rebelling...

Starting with "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons," various picture scrolls depict spirits that have come to life. There seems to be some debate over whether they should be called Tsukumogami, but it's possible that species that are on the verge of extinction may re-increase over time, and the species likely existed before they were discovered... The items depicted are practical items such as sake vessels, rice scoops, musical instruments, writing desks, brushes, and inkstones, but many of these objects can be found in museums, archives, and memorial halls. As relics or heritage from the past. Some of the antiques that are well over 100 years old have been treasured and are now on display. I wonder if they've all become Tsukumogami? After closing time, we all went to see "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."
It is the end of the Heisei era, and dreams of a Japanese-style Night Museum are suddenly expanding.