The Wind Has Risen (風立ちぬ - Kaze Tachinu）is a Japanese novel by Hori Tatsuo, written between 1936-37. It is set in a tuberculosis sanitarium in Nagano, Japan. The plot follows the condition of the female character's illness. It was originally serialised in Kaizō.
The title is a quote from Paul Valéry's poem "Le Cimetière marin".
Hayao Miyazaki's 2013 film, The Wind Is Rising, is loosely based on the novel.
Famous quotes containing the words wind and/or risen:
“An’ him no more to me nor me to him
Than the wind goin’ over my hand.”
—Charlotte Mew (1870–1928)
“In view of the fact that the number of people living too long has risen catastrophically and still continues to rise.... Question: Must we live as long as modern medicine enables us to?... We control our entry into life, it is time we began to control our exit.”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)