Wanyūdō

Wanyūdō (Japanese: 輪入道, literally "wheel (輪) monk (入道)"), also known as "Firewheel" or "Soultaker",[1] is a yōkai depicted in Toriyama Sekien's collection of yōkai illustrations, Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki.

He is a relatively well-known yōkai; the earliest reports of him date back to the Heian period.

[citation needed] Wanyūdō takes the form of a burning ox cart wheel bearing the tormented face of a man.

Various folklore purports him as the condemned soul of a tyrannical daimyō who, in life, was known for having his victims drawn on the back of an ox cart.

She looked down at her baby to find him lying on the floor in a pool of blood with his legs missing.