　この風を「木枯らし」と言ってよいのかどうか。
　というのは30年くらい前に気象庁が木枯らしの条件を発表した。私は「へーッ、木枯らしに、条件がねぇ」と思ったが、期間も限定されていて、10月半ばから11月の末までの冬型気圧配置、すなわち西高東低の気圧配置の日に北から西北西に吹く風速8km／s 以上の風を「木枯らし」と言うのだそうだ。東京の今年の「木枯らし1号」は11月4日だった（らしい）。

　わが町、日野市に在住していた詩人の巽聖歌が作詞した『たきび』（渡辺茂作曲）という唱歌は、知らない人はいないだろう。その3番の歌詞の冒頭が「こがらしこがらし　さむいみち」である。
　日野市では巽聖歌を偲んで、毎年12月の初旬、「たきび祭」と称する童謡の小さなコンサートが開催されている。出演する合唱グループは、演奏曲目のなかに必ず「たきび」の歌を入れて披露する。私も一昨年、民生委員合唱団「かしの木」の一員としてこのお祭に出演し、「たきび」を歌った。
　巽聖歌がこの作詞をした時代（1941年、昭和16年）、「木枯らし」は初冬の風。気象庁が決めた条件などなかったのが幸いして名曲が誕生した。気象庁のそんな無粋に誰もこだわりはしないと私は思うが、まあ、気象庁だって分かっているだろうさ、ちょいと言ってみただけですよ、と。

　　こがらしやひたとつまつく戻り馬　蕪村

　　木枯や犬の遠吠えつづきけり　　　青穹（山田維史）
　　木枯や三途をわたる裸形かな

A strong wind shook the trees in my small garden
from morning to early afternoon. Temperature was a

Is it okay to call this wind " Kogarashi*" ?
That's because the Japan Meteorological Agency
announced the conditions for kogarashi about 30
years ago. I thought, " Hey, I haven't known until
now there are conditions for kogarashi ," but the
period is limited, and the winter-type pressure
distribution from mid-October to the end of Novem-
ber, that is, the day of the pressure distribution of

is said that the wind that blows at a wind speed of
8 km/s or more is called " Kogarashi ". This year's
" Kogarashi No. 1 " in Tokyo was (likely) November

I made an excuse now that it was "likely" because
there was no such sign in the vicinity of my house
on the day. Where on earth is the Japan Meteoro-
logical Agency announcing even the conditions for
the wind to blow?

No one does't knows the song "Takibi*" (composed
by Shigeru Watanabe) written by Seika Tatsumi, a
poet who lived in our town, Hino City. The begin-
ning of the third lyrics is "Kogarashi Kogarashi
Samui michi".
In Hino City, a small concert of nursery rhymes
called "Takibi Festival" is held every year in early
December in memory of Seika Tatsumi. The
chorus group that appears will always include
the song "Takibi" in the performance. Two years
ago, I also performed at this festival as a member
of the Local Welfare's chourus "Kashi no Ki" and
sang "Takibi".
In the era when Seika Tatsumi wrote the lyric
(1941, Showa 16), "Kogarashi" was the wind of
early winter. Fortunately, the masterpiece was
born because there were no conditions of
"Kogarashi" decided by the Japan Meteorological
Agency. I don't think anyone is particular about
the non inelegance of the Japan Meteorological
Agency, but I'm sure the Japan Meteorological
Agency also knows that they self had tried only
to have to say a bit.

【Word】
* Kogarashi means a chilly wind in early winter
that original root from the cold wind which
blasters leaves of trees.

　* Takibi means collecting fallen leaves and
made a fire. The thing is (was) of Japanese
poetic charming scene in autumn and early
winter.

Tadami Yamada

【Haiku】

Kogarashi ya hita to tsumazuku modori-uma
by Buson
A winter cold gust blows!
Stumbles over all of a sudden
The horse of return

Kogarshi ya inu no tōboe tsuzukikeri
by Tadami Yamada
Oh! it blows cold wind
A dog's howling is as long as
continuing faintly in the distance

Kogarashi ya Sanzu wo wataru ragyō kana
by Tadami Yamada

It is blowing chilly wind
Between life and death with naked figure
crossing over the Sanzu bridge

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