" shokoku satobitodan " (talks of people in local provinces ), a book on miscellaneous subjects written in the kanpo era , carries a folklore of katawa-guruma in the kanbun era in omi province (the present shiga prefecture ). 寛保時代の雑書『諸国里人談』には、寛文時代の近江国（現・滋賀県）に伝わる片輪車の話がある。
it is said that a similar strange light appeared in kyoto prefecture , and according to " shokoku rijindan " (tales collected from village people ), a book on miscellaneous subjects in the kansei era , and that it also appeared at the western foot of mt .hiei . このような怪火は京都府にも現れたといい、寛政時代の雑書『諸国里人談』によれば比叡山の西麓にも現れたという。
