花のことば辞典　四季を愉しむ 倉嶋　厚　監修 ｸﾗｼﾏｱﾂｼ 講談社 講談社 :9784065146842

**「天候に心を通わせる人生」**
倉嶋 厚（くらしま あつし、1924年1月25日 - 2017年8月3日）は、日本の気象エッセイスト、気象学者。理学博士（東京教育大学（現・筑波大学））。かつてテレビで気象キャスターとして活躍した。
長野県長野市生まれ。父は仏教関係の新聞を出版していた倉島元弥。兄は長野市長を務めた倉島至。
旧制・長野縣長野中學校（現・長野県長野高等学校）を経て、中央気象台付属気象技術官養成所研究科（現・気象大学校）を卒業後、1949年に気象庁入庁。気象庁主任予報官、札幌管区気象台予報課長、鹿児島地方気象台長を歴任。
1984年気象庁を定年退職。業務で付き合いあったNHKに招聘され外部解説委員となり、『ニュースセンター9時』『にっぽん列島ただいま6時』『NHKおはようサンデー』『NHKモーニングワイドサンデー』で気象情報、気象キャスターを担当。一方でリポーターとして『NHKニュースおはよう日本』のコーナー“倉嶋厚の季節の旅人”を担当。素朴な語り口で一躍人気お天気キャスターとなった。
妻の死を切っ掛けに鬱病を発症し自殺することを考えたが、お手伝いさんの助けで入院治療し快復。高齢となったこともあり以後テレビからは遠ざかる。2002年、自らの鬱病体験を綴った『やまない雨はない 妻の死、うつ病、それから…』を執筆し出版。その後、講演会活動の他、気象に関するエッセイの執筆を行っていた。『やまない雨はない 妻の死、うつ病、それから…』はテレビ朝日によりドラマ化され、内田朝陽→渡瀬恒彦主演で2010年3月6日に放送された。
なお、気象予報士が制度化されたのは倉嶋が気象庁を定年退職してからかなり経った1994年であり、また倉嶋自身は官吏として気象業務に携わってきたため、その資格によりフリーの気象キャスターとして活動しており予報業務には携わっていない。このため、倉嶋は気象予報士ではなく、公式サイトでも自らの身分を「気象キャスター・理学博士」としていた。
1968年に博士論文「動的概念に基づく東アジアの冬と夏の季節風に関する研究」で東京教育大学（現・筑波大学）より理学博士の学位を取得している。
2015年に腎盂癌が見つかり、2017年8月3日に埼玉県川口市内の病院で逝去。93歳没。
**Q&A**
Q：何をされた方ですか？
A：天候に心を通わせる人生
Q：有名な作品は何ですか？
A：『やまない雨はない 妻の死、うつ病、それから…』
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English Summary
**"A life in which the weather communicates with the heart"**
Atsushi Kurashima (January 25, 1924 - August 3, 2017) was a Japanese meteorological essayist and meteorologist. Doctor of Science (Tokyo University of Education (currently University of Tsukuba)). He once worked as a weathercaster on television.
Born in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. His father was Motoya Kurashima, who published a newspaper related to Buddhism. His older brother is Itaru Kurashima, who served as the mayor of Nagano.
After graduating from the former Nagano Prefecture Nagano Junior High School (currently Nagano Prefecture Nagano High School) and the Graduate School of Meteorological Technical Officer Training Institute attached to the Central Meteorological Observatory (currently Meteorological University), he joined the Japan Meteorological Agency in 1949. He has served as chief forecaster of the Japan Meteorological Agency, chief of the forecast division of the Sapporo regional meteorological observatory, and director of the Kagoshima local meteorological observatory.
Retired from the Japan Meteorological Agency in 1984. He was invited by NHK, where he had a working relationship, to become an external commentator, and was in charge of weather information and weather casters on ``News Center 9 o'clock'', ``Nippon Islands Now 6 o'clock'', ``NHK Good Morning Sunday'', and ``NHK Morning Wide Sunday''. On the other hand, as a reporter, he was in charge of the "Atsushi Kurashima's Seasonal Traveler" corner of "NHK News Good Morning Japan." With his simple speaking style, he quickly became a popular weather caster.
After his wife's death, he developed depression and considered suicide, but with the help of his helper, he was admitted to the hospital for treatment and recovered. Due to his advanced age, he has been away from television ever since. In 2002, he wrote and published ``The Rain Will Never Stop: My Wife's Death, Depression, and Then...'', which describes his own experience with depression. After that, in addition to giving lectures, he also wrote essays on the weather. ``There is no end to the rain: My wife's death, depression, and then...'' was made into a drama by TV Asahi and aired on March 6, 2010, starring Asahi Uchida and Tsunehiko Watase.
Furthermore, weather forecasters were institutionalized in 1994, long after Kurashima retired from the Japan Meteorological Agency, and since Kurashima himself had been involved in meteorological work as a government official, he was working as a freelance weather caster under that qualification and was not involved in forecasting work. For this reason, Kurashima was not a weather forecaster, and even on his official website he identified himself as a ``weathercaster and doctor of science.''
In 1968, he received a Doctor of Science degree from Tokyo University of Education (now the University of Tsukuba) for his doctoral thesis, ``Research on winter and summer monsoons in East Asia based on dynamic concepts.''
He was diagnosed with renal pelvis cancer in 2015 and passed away on August 3, 2017 at a hospital in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture. Died at the age of 93.
**Q&A**
Q: What did you do?
A life in which we communicate with the weather
Q: What are your famous works?
"The rain never stops. My wife's death, depression, and..."
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