The Bird That Rises from the Unburied Dead

Japanese Name	陰摩羅鬼
Romanization	Onmoraki
Classification	Corpse-Born Spirit
Expedition	Expedition X — Spirits of Death
Threat Level	■■■□□ (Level III – Dangerous)
First Recorded	Taihe Hyakumonogatari — 1732 CE

Onmoraki is a dark birdlike apparition associated with recently dead bodies. In the tradition later illustrated by Toriyama Sekien, it resembles a black crane or heron with bright, lamp-like eyes and a harsh cry. The creature was said to arise from the lingering energy of a fresh corpse, especially one temporarily left within a temple or not yet properly dealt with. Its Japanese history is therefore part of a wider transmission of Chinese supernatural literature into Edo-period yōkai culture.