Jiosenbi is a mysterious fire recorded in the picture book *Ehon Sayoshigure* (Tales of the Night Rain) by Hayami Shungyosai during the Kyowa era. The setting is clearly named as "Izuminawate of Goshu Minakuchi," which is Minakuchi, Koka District, Omi Province (present-day Minakuchi-cho, Koka City, Shiga Prefecture)[1]. At Izuminawate, there was a large tree known as the Hizagashira Pine. Beneath it, a Jiosen peddler was attacked by bandits, robbed of his hard-earned money, and killed. It is said that the man's grudge and lingering attachment to his coins manifested as a mysterious fire that flew around the pine tree on rainy nights. In the illustrations, it is sometimes depicted not merely as a fireball, but as a large phantom of the Jiosen peddler rising from the base of the pine tree. The manifestation of the victim's delusion as both fire and human silhouette is a distinguishing feature. Minakuchi was a post town on the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido road. Set against the backdrop of pine-lined highways and passing travelers, the Jiosenbi can be read as a ghost fire tale that projects the anxieties of the road—such as dying far from home, random killings, and bandits—onto the death of a familiar peddler.