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Hoshi or Hosi/Hoshni (星) is the Japanese word for "Star", and the Japanese word for a Buddhist "Priest" &/or "Monk" (僧, 法師 and 比丘). Hoshi may also refer to: People with the surname
A shuriken (Japanese: 手裏剣, lit. ' hand-hidden blade ') is a Japanese concealed weapon used by samurai or ninja or in martial arts as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect. [1] [2] Shuriken are also known as throwing stars, or ninja stars, although they were originally constructed in many different shapes.
Nesaku, a star god. [21] Oshirasama (おしら様) Sarutahiko Ōkami (猿田毘古神), a kami of the Earth that guided Ninigi to the Japanese islands. Seidai Myōjin, god of sports, enshrined at Shiramine Jingū in Kyoto, especially worshipped for kemari and football. Shinatsuhiko, a kami of wind. [25]
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
Tanabata (Japanese: たなばた or 七夕, meaning "Evening of the Seventh"), also known as the Star Festival (星祭り, Hoshimatsuri), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival.
Subaru (written 昴 in kanji, すばる in hiragana, or スバル in katakana) is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster. It is primarily a masculine given name in Japanese. Notable people with the name include: Subaru Kimura (木村 昴, born 1990), Japanese voice actor and singer; Subaru Nishimura (西村 昴, born 2003), Japanese ...
Hikoboshi (ひこぼし, [彦星] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) , Male Star) is the Japanese name for the star Altair, also known as Natsuhikoboshi (夏彦星, Summer Male Star) or Kengyūsei (牽牛星, Cow Herder Star) in Japanese. It may also refer to: the cowherd celebrated in the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi
The Order of the Rising Sun (旭日章, Kyokujitsu-shō) is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, [2] created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. [3] [4] The badge features rays of sunlight from the rising sun.