Kasha (folklore)

"Kasha" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien, ca. 1781.
Kasha (火車) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.

The kasha (Japanese: 火車, lit. 'burning chariot' or 'burning barouche', or 化車, 'changed wheel') is a Japanese yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds.[1][2]

  1. ^ 村上健司 編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. pp. 103–104頁. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0.
  2. ^ 播磨学研究所編 (2005). 播磨の民俗探訪. 神戸新聞総合出版センター. pp. 157–158頁. ISBN 978-4-3430-0341-6.