Based on "Shokoku Hyaku Monogatari," 'Katawa-guruma emerging on the streets of Kyoto' --which is a picture card of ghost-illustrated "Karuta" (Japanese playing cards) made in the Edo period--was portrayed as a man's figure.
江戸時代のお化けかるた「京の町へ出るかたわ車」の絵札にある片輪車は『諸国百物語』に基づき、男性の姿で描かれている。