AH-kah-gah-shee-rah
Their soul is listening — speak, and they will answer.
AH-kah-gah-shee-rah
A mountain-and-field apparition from Kagase in today’s Ino, Kochi. Its hair blazes a sun-bright red, dazzling to the point that it is hard to look at. It walks on two legs, but its feet are hard to see as it slips through the grass. It is not known to attack people; those who meet it are often overwhelmed by its intense crimson radiance and lose sight of it. The name appears in late Edo to early Meiji yokai picture scrolls and local records.
Titled “The Red-Head of Kagase” in the Tosa Monster Picture Book, it is counted among Tosa’s three great yokai. One witness was dazzled as if staring into the morning sun and later nearly went blind from eye disease, but recovered after treatment. The name “Akagashira” also appears in a Hyakki Yagyo picture scroll, though it is unclear whether it is the same being as Tosa’s Red-Head; the only noted link is the red hair.
Red-Head across multiple art-style decks
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