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*''Japanese'': 北辰 ''(hokushin)''
The North Star was associated with the cosmological position of the Emperor since ancient times in China. As [[Confucius]] mentions in the [[Analects of Confucius|Analects]], "One who governs through virtue may be compared to the pole star, which occupies its place while the host of other stars pay homage to it."<ref>''Analects'' 2:1, quoted in "Confucius and the Analects," Sources of Chinese Tradition, 46.</ref> Like the pole star, unmoving and central in the Heavens, so too the Emperor was seen as the link between Heaven and Earth, a point around which the cosmos revolved. The association of the Emperor with the North is also seen in the throne, audience hall, Imperial Palace, and Imperial capital as a whole being organized to face south (such that the people, facing towards the Emperor, would be facing north); this is seen in numerous capitals, from [[Chang'an]] and [[Beijing]] to [[Heijo-kyo|Nara]] and [[Kyoto]].
In Japan, the North Star is deified as both [[Shinto]] [[kami]] Myôken-shin 妙見神 and as [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[bodhisattva]] Myôken bosatsu.
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The North Star was associated with the cosmological position of the Emperor since ancient times in China. As [[Confucius]] mentions in the [[Analects of Confucius|Analects]], "One who governs through virtue may be compared to the pole star, which occupies its place while the host of other stars pay homage to it."<ref>''Analects'' 2:1, quoted in "Confucius and the Analects," Sources of Chinese Tradition, 46.</ref> Like the pole star, unmoving and central in the Heavens, so too the Emperor was seen as the link between Heaven and Earth, a point around which the cosmos revolved. The association of the Emperor with the North is also seen in the throne, audience hall, Imperial Palace, and Imperial capital as a whole being organized to face south (such that the people, facing towards the Emperor, would be facing north); this is seen in numerous capitals, from [[Chang'an]] and [[Beijing]] to [[Heijo-kyo|Nara]] and [[Kyoto]].
In Japan, the North Star is deified as both [[Shinto]] [[kami]] Myôken-shin 妙見神 and as [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[bodhisattva]] Myôken bosatsu.
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==References==
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[[Category:Religion]]