Kasou

"Kasou"
Single by L'Arc-en-Ciel
from the album Ray
Released	July 8, 1998
Format	CD
Genre	Alternative rock, gothic rock
Length	5:09
Label	Ki/oon Records
Writer(s)	Hyde, Ken
Producer(s)	L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
L'Arc-en-Ciel singles chronology
"Dive to Blue" (1998) "Honey (1998) "Kasou" (1998) "Shinshoku (Lose Control)" (1998) "Snow Drop" (1998)

"Kasou" (Japanese: 花葬 Kasō, Flower Burial) is the twelfth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released simultaneously with "Honey" and "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" on July 8, 1998.^[1] The song was used as the ending theme to TV Asahi's Shinsou Kyumei! Uwasa no Flie. The single debuted at number 4 on the Oricon chart.^[2] It was re-released on August 30, 2006.^[2] The single was also rerecorded by P'unk~en~ciel in 2012 as "花葬 平成十七年", in the album "P'unk is Not Dead".

Track listing

#	Title	Length	Lyrics	Music
1	"Kasou"	5:09	Hyde	Ken

Kanji Meaning

花, pronounced "ka", means "flower". 葬, pronounced "sou", means "burial" or "funeral"
Together, the kanji means "burial flowers" ^[3]

References

1. JaME Retrieved May 18, 2011
2. L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved May 18, 2011
3. Meaning of Kanji Retrieved March 26, 2012