mononoke

are vengeful spirits (onryō), dead spirits (shiryō), live spirits (ikiryō), or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion that were said to do things like possess individuals and make them suffer, cause disease, or even cause death. It is also a word sometimes used to refer to yōkai or henge ("changed beings").

==Summary== right|thumb|Lady Rokujō depicted as an ikiryō in the work titled "Aoi no Ue" (葵上) from the [[Hokusai Manga by Katsushika Hokusai]]