Murasame

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Murasame（村雨）, literally "village rain", though often translated as "autumn rain", refers to a type of rain that falls hard, then gently, in fits and starts. In Japanese poetic tradition, it is particularly associated with the cold rains of autumn.^[1]

As a name, Murasame is seen as:

• One of two sisters in the Noh drama Matsukaze.
• A famous fictional rain-summoning katana from the 19th century Japanese novel "Nansō Satomi Hakkenden"(南総里見八犬伝)
• Three Japanese destroyers:
  • The Imperial Japanese Navy's Murasame (1937–1943).
  • The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Murasame (1958–1988), lead ship of her class.
  • The JMSDF's Murasame (DD-101) (1994—), lead ship of her class.
• Four Murasame, a fictional character from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
• The MVF-M11C Murasame, a fictional combat vehicle from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
• The Murasame Liger, a fictional mecha from Zoids: Genesis.
• Fictional swords from the Final Fantasy series of computer role-playing games.
• A fictional sword in the manga Bastard!! wielded by the character Gara.
• A fictional character from the video game Shining Force III
• A doujin soft circle.
• Nazo no Murasamejō, a video game for Nintendo's Famicom Disk System.

Murasame should not be confused with the historical swordsmiths Masamune and Muramasa.

1. ^ Tyler, Royall (ed.) Japanese Nō Dramas. London: Penguin Books, 1992. p187.