Full Description
Drawing on ethnography, historical sources, and folklore, this book examines how fishermen and coastal communities in Japan read winds, clouds, seas, animals, and celestial signs to anticipate change and manage risk. Centred on the vernacular forecasting framework known as kantenbōki, the study traces the entanglement of sensory perception, language, ritual, and labor in everyday engagements with atmosphere. Moving between micro-scale practices and broader climatic regimes, the book shows how local weather knowledge persists, adapts, and intertwines with modern meteorology, revealing weather as a relational, cultural, and ecological field rather than a mere physical backdrop.
Contents
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Transliteration and Translation
Introduction
Chapter 1. Weighing the Weather
Chapter 2. Meteorological Mosaics
Chapter 3. Floating Buddhas
Chapter 4. Weathered Wisdom
Chapter 5. Hear the Thunder Fish
References
Appendixes
Index
