Even in such cases, however, outside people couldn't find kakurezato again, or saw lacquer ware come floating down from upstream and as a result, they sometimes came to think of kakurezato as something like a specter.
こういった場合、再度隠れ里に行くことができなかったり川上から漆塗りの器が流れてきたりすることから隠れ里自体を妖怪化して考えることがある。