Oroshi Explained

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]

Literary references

The Oroshi wind is mentioned in Japanese poetry, including a poem which is included in the Hyakunin Isshu.^[4]

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.

References

• . (1969)., Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 111–174, 126 Tokyo, Meteorological Research Institute. OCLC 1761858
• Mostow, Joshua S., ed. (1996). Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ; OCLC 645187818
• Simpson, John E. (1994). Sea Breeze and Local Winds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ; OCLC 243798029

Notes and References

1. Kishō Kenkyūjo. (1969)., citing "Dissolution of Separation in the Turbulent Boundary Layer,", Vol. 20, No. 2, 1969, pp. 111-174, 126.
2. Simpson, John E. (1994).
3. Haggett, Peter. (2001).
4. Mostow, Joshua S. (1996).
5. Mostow,