Oroshi
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Oroshi (颪, lit. 'down wind') is the Japanese term for a wind blowing strong down the slope of a mountain, occasionally as strong gusts of wind which can cause damage.[1] Oroshi is a strong local wind across the Kanto Plain on the Pacific Ocean side of central Honshu.[2] This term identifies a katabatic wind.[3]
The Oroshi wind is mentioned in Japanese poetry, including a poem which is included in the Hyakunin Isshu.[4]
ukarikeru |
Make that heartless |
Many versions of this poem which were published during the Edo period have yama-oroshi instead of yama-oroshi yo, but the meaning is equivalent: the poet cries out to the wind; and he compares the cold down-draft to the heartless woman.[5]
Oroshi is also a character in "La Horde du Contre-vent", an adventure book written by Alain Damasio, a French writer. In this story, Oroshi is the name of a wind mistress, she can read the wind as it is paper.
