The Wind Has Risen

The Wind Has Risen
AuthorTatsuo Hori
Original title風立ちぬ
Kaze tachinu
TranslatorIneko Sato (1947)
Eiichi Hayashi (1956)
Mikio Kawamura (1967)
Francis B. Tenny (2007)
LanguageJapanese
PublisherKaizō (magazine)
Bungei Shunjū (magazine)
Shinjoen (magazine)
Shinchō (magazine)
Noda Shobo (book)
Publication date
1936–38
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
1947, 1956, 1967, 2007
Media typePrint

The Wind Has Risen (風立ちぬ, Kaze tachinu) is a Japanese novel by Tatsuo Hori, published between 1936 and 1938,[1] and is regarded as his most acknowledged work.[2][3] The story is set in a sanitarium in Nagano, Japan, where the nameless protagonist resides with his fiancée Setsuko, who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis.

  1. ^ "風立ちぬ (Kaze tachinu)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C., eds. (2007). The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. Volume 1: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868-1945. Columbia University Press. pp. 200–239.
  3. ^ Miller, J. Scott (2009). Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8108-6319-4.