{"id":1653,"date":"2026-06-02T20:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/?page_id=1653"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:43:04","slug":"hokutoba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/hokutoba\/","title":{"rendered":"Hokutoba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"1653-c1\" class=\"style-935 style-local-1653-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"1653-c2\" id=\"initial-content\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-936 style-local-1653-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"1653-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-937 style-local-1653-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-938-outer style-local-1653-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"1653-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-938 style-local-1653-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"1653-c5\" class=\"style-939 style-local-1653-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div>\n                    \n                    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Directly before the Hagunden (Hall of the Army-Breaking Star \/ \u7834\u8ecd\u6bbf) lies the Hokutoba (Place of the Big Dipper \/ \u5317\u6597\u5834), the ceremonial courtyard of the Hokushin-Jinja (Shrine of the North Star \/ \u5317\u8fb0\u795e\u793e). Named after the Hokuto Shichisei (Big Dipper \/ \u5317\u6597\u4e03\u661f), whose eternal movement around the Hokushin (North Star \/ \u5317\u8fb0) is one of the central symbols of the worship of Hokushin My\u014dken Sonj\u014d-\u014d (the Venerable Star King My\u014dken of the North Star \/ \u5317\u8fb0\u5999\u898b\u5c0a\u661f\u738b), the Hokutoba (Place of the Big Dipper \/ \u5317\u6597\u5834) comprises the sacred forecourt extending before the shrine's main hall.<\/p>\n                    \n\n                    \n                    <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Consisting of the central granite-paved courtyard together with the surrounding ceremonial space, the Hokutoba serves as the principal venue for religious ceremonies, h\u014dn\u014d-enbu (dedicatory martial demonstrations \/ \u5949\u7d0d\u6f14\u6b66), h\u014dn\u014d-jiai (ritual matches dedicated to the deity \/ \u5949\u7d0d\u8a66\u5408), and the regular yagai-geiko (outdoor training \/ \u91ce\u5916\u7a3d\u53e4) of the famous samurai school Hokushin Itt\u014d-ry\u016b Hy\u014dh\u014d.<\/p>\n                    \n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unmittelbar vor dem Hagunden (Halle des Armee-zerst\u00f6renden Sterns \/ \u7834\u8ecd\u6bbf) befindet sich die [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1653","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653\/revisions\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hokushin-jinja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}