backport japanese moon stations sky culture

skycultures/CMakeLists.txt

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 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( arabic_moon_stations )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( aztec )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( boorong )
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( chinese ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( egyptian ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( inuit ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( indian ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( korean ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( lakota ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( maori ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( mongolian ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( navajo ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( norse ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( polynesian ) 
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( chinese )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( egyptian )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( inuit )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( indian )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( japanese_moon_stations )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( korean )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( lakota )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( maori )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( mongolian )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( navajo )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( norse )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( polynesian )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( romanian )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( sami )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( siberian )
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( tongan ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( tupi ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( western ) 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( western_rey ) 
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( tongan )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( tupi )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( western )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( western_rey )

skycultures/japanese_moon_stations/CMakeLists.txt

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+
+########### install files ###############
+
+# install info.ini
+INSTALL(FILES info.ini DESTINATION share/${PACKAGE}/skycultures/japanese_moon_stations )
+
+# install constellations data, proper names data, artwork and descriptions
+INSTALL(DIRECTORY ./ DESTINATION share/${PACKAGE}/skycultures/japanese_moon_stations
+	FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "constellation*" 
+	PATTERN "*_names.fab"
+	PATTERN "*.png" 
+	PATTERN "description.*.utf8" 
+	PATTERN "CMakeFiles" EXCLUDE )

skycultures/japanese_moon_stations/constellation_names.eng.fab

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+# 01-07 - Moon Stations of the "Azure Dragon"
+01	"SuBoshi"	_("Horn")
+02	"AmiBoshi"	_("Neck")
+03	"TomoBoshi"	_("Root")
+04	"SoiBoshi"	_("Chamber")
+05	"NakagoBoshi"	_("Heart")
+06	"AshitareBoshi"	_("Tail")
+07	"MiBoshi"	_("Basket")
+# 08-14 - Moon Stations of the "Black Tortoise"
+08	"HikitsuBoshi"	_("Dipper")
+09	"InamiBoshi"	_("Cow")
+10	"UrukiBoshi"	_("Woman")
+11	"TomiteBoshi"	_("Emptiness")
+12	"UmiyameBoshi"	_("Roof Top")
+13	"HatsuiBoshi"	_("Room")
+14	"NamameBoshi"	_("Wall")
+# 15-21 - Moon Stations of the "White Tiger"
+15	"TokakiBoshi"	_("Stride")
+16	"TataraBoshi"	_("Hill")
+17	"EkieBoshi"	_("Stomach")
+18	"SubaruBoshi"	_("Stopping Place")
+19	"AmefuriBoshi"	_("Net")
+20	"TorokiBoshi"	_("Turtle Snout")
+21	"KagasukiBoshi"	_("Investigator")
+# 22-28 - Moon Stations of the "Red Bird"
+22	"ChichiriBoshi"	_("Well")
+23	"TamahomeBoshi"	_("Ogre")
+24	"NurikoBoshi"	_("Willow")
+25	"HotohoriBoshi"	_("Stars")
+26	"ChirikoBoshi"	_("Stretched Net")
+27	"TasukiBoshi"	_("Wings")
+28	"MitsukakeBoshi"	_("Chariot Cross-Board")
+

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skycultures/japanese_moon_stations/description.en.utf8

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+<h2>Japanese Moon Stations</h2>
+<p>Most astronomical observation in the Japan until the Meiji Restoration was closely tied to astrological purposes. 
+For ancient Chinese and later Korean and Japanese cartographers four seasons and four cardinal directions is marked 
+as four talismanic animals - the Azure Dragon of the East (Spring), the Red Bird of the South (Summer), the White 
+Tiger of the West (Fall), and the "Genbu" (Black Tortoise) of the North (Winter). Corresponding to each of the 
+talismanic animals the celestial "palaces" were seven <em>sei shuku</em> or what are sometimes called "lunar lodges". 
+The moon "stations" or "lodges" probably may be used to determine position of sun and planets as well as the moon, 
+and their number may or may not have been related to the period of the moon's orbit. Origins of these associations 
+are obscure and even controversial.</p>
+<p>Determination of the talismanic animals and associated star "palaces" together with the associated 28 <em>sei shuku</em> 
+or lunar lodges represent some of the most complex aspects of Asian "astronomy". An apparent anomaly is the fact that the 
+actual positional path of the sun seems to move in a direction opposite the seasonal associations of Spring and Fall. 
+Some scientists argues that this is due to the animals and sei shuku being created some 17 to 18 millennia ago 
+(precession creating the anomaly), but it does not really explain the apparent "backward" motion of the sun through seasons.</p>
+<p>According to some scientists, the talismanic animals with their associated sei shuku were probably used in conjunction with 
+the direction to which the handle of the big dipper (often called the "North Seven Stars" in China, Korea, and Japan) pointed 
+at the equinoxes and solstices. Before the Christian Era, when the sei shuku were created, the big dipper did not 
+appear to set, because they had a relatively "higher" position than now. </p>
+<p>Like myths and traditions in Western cultures, these views still wield influence in the daily life of people in China, 
+Korea, and Japan (this despite quite prominent scientific literacy). However, it should be pointed out that astrological 
+divination in China, Korea and Japan was and is rather complex.</p>
+<p>The lore related to moon stations is one of the most interesting aspects of Asian Ethnoastronomy. Japanese interpretations 
+of these associations tended to revolve around agricultural needs and animistic views of nature. Unlike many Western myths and 
+traditions, japanese gods in the similitude of the talismanic animals can be seen as manifestations of nature.</p>
+<p>Below is an example of a star chart from Edo Era Japan.</p>
+<p><img src="chart.png"><br /><em>Close-Up of Yasui's Map Showing the First 15 Moon Stations</em></p>
+
+<h3>The Azure Dragon of the East (Spring)</h3>
+<p>The 7 Moon Stations of the "East" or "Blue Dragon".</p>
+<table class="nomenclature">
+<tr>
+    <td>#</td>
+    <td>Chinese Character</td>
+    <td>Meaning</td>
+    <td>Key Star</td>
+    <td>Japanese Name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>1</td>
+    <td><img src="mn01.png"></td>
+    <td>Horn(s), perhaps Angle, Corner</td>
+    <td>Alpha Vir</td>
+    <td>SuBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>2</td>
+    <td><img src="mn02.png"></td>
+    <td>Neck, Throat</td>
+    <td>Kappa Vir</td>
+    <td>AmiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>3</td>
+    <td><img src="mn03.png"></td>
+    <td>Root, perhaps Shoulder or Base</td>
+    <td>Iota Lib; sometimes Alpha Lib</td>
+    <td>TomoBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>4</td>
+    <td><img src="mn04.png"></td>
+    <td>Chamber, perhaps Breasts</td>
+    <td>Delta Sco; sometimes Pi Sco</td>
+    <td>SoiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>5</td>
+    <td><img src="mn05.png"></td>
+    <td>Heart</td>
+    <td>Sigma Sco</td>
+    <td>NakagoBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>6</td>
+    <td><img src="mn06.png"></td>
+    <td>Tail</td>
+    <td>Mu Sco</td>
+    <td>AshitareBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>7</td>
+    <td><img src="mn07.png"></td>
+    <td>Basket</td>
+    <td>Gamma Sgr; sometimes Eta Sgr</td>
+    <td>MiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+
+<h3>The "Genbu" (Black Tortoise) of the North (Winter)</h3>
+<p>The 7 Moon Stations of the "North" (Genbu) or "Black Tortoise of Winter" (also "Somber" or "Black" Warrior).</p>
+<table class="nomenclature">
+<tr>
+    <td>#</td>
+    <td>Chinese Character</td>
+    <td>Meaning</td>
+    <td>Key Star</td>
+    <td>Japanese Name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>8</td>
+    <td><img src="mn08.png"></td>
+    <td>Dipper; Measure</td>
+    <td>Phi Sgr</td>
+    <td>HikitsuBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>9</td>
+    <td><img src="mn09.png"></td>
+    <td>Cow</td>
+    <td>Beta Cap</td>
+    <td>InamiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>10</td>
+    <td><img src="mn10.png"></td>
+    <td>Woman; perhaps Waiting Maid</td>
+    <td>Epsilon Aqr</td>
+    <td>UrukiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>11</td>
+    <td><img src="mn11.png"></td>
+    <td>Emptiness</td>
+    <td>Beta Aqr</td>
+    <td>TomiteBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>12</td>
+    <td><img src="mn12.png"></td>
+    <td>Roof Top, perhaps Danger, Steep</td>
+    <td>Alpha Aqr</td>
+    <td>UmiyameBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>13</td>
+    <td><img src="mn13.png"></td>
+    <td>Room, perhaps Encampment</td>
+    <td>Alpha Peg</td>
+    <td>HatsuiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>14</td>
+    <td><img src="mn14.png"></td>
+    <td>Wall</td>
+    <td>Gamma Peg</td>
+    <td>NamameBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<h3>The White Tiger of the West (Fall)</h3>
+<p>The 7 Moon Stations of the "West" or "White Tiger".</p>
+<table class="nomenclature">
+<tr>
+    <td>#</td>
+    <td>Chinese Character</td>
+    <td>Meaning</td>
+    <td>Key Star</td>
+    <td>Japanese Name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>15</td>
+    <td><img src="mn15.png"></td>
+    <td>Stride, Foot</td>
+    <td>Delta And</td>
+    <td>TokakiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>16</td>
+    <td><img src="mn16.png"></td>
+    <td>Hill, Lasso; perhaps Bellows</td>
+    <td>Beta Ari</td>
+    <td>TataraBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>17</td>
+    <td><img src="mn17.png"></td>
+    <td>Stomach</td>
+    <td>35 Ari</td>
+    <td>EkieBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>18</td>
+    <td><img src="mn18.png"></td>
+    <td>Stopping Place, United; perhaps "Getting Together"</td>
+    <td>17 Tau; sometimes 16 Tau</td>
+    <td>SubaruBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>19</td>
+    <td><img src="mn19.png"></td>
+    <td>Net; perhaps related to Rain</td>
+    <td>Epsilon Tau</td>
+    <td>AmefuriBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>20</td>
+    <td><img src="mn20.png"></td>
+    <td>Turtle Snout, perhaps Tuft on Owl's Head</td>
+    <td>Turtle Snout, perhaps Tuft on Owl's Head</td>
+    <td>TorokiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>21</td>
+    <td><img src="mn21.png"></td>
+    <td>Investigator, Three</td>
+    <td>Delta Ori; sometimes Beta Ori</td>
+    <td>KagasukiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<h3>The Red Bird of the South (Summer)</h3>
+<p>The 7 Moon Stations of the "South" or "Red Bird".</p>
+<table class="nomenclature">
+<tr>
+    <td>#</td>
+    <td>Chinese Character</td>
+    <td>Meaning</td>
+    <td>Key Star</td>
+    <td>Japanese Name</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>22</td>
+    <td><img src="mn22.png"></td>
+    <td>Well</td>
+    <td>Mu Gem</td>
+    <td>ChichiriBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>23</td>
+    <td><img src="mn23.png"></td>
+    <td>Ogre, Devil, perhaps Ghost</td>
+    <td>Delta Cnc; sometimes Theta Cnc</td>
+    <td>TamahomeBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>24</td>
+    <td><img src="mn24.png"></td>
+    <td>Willow</td>
+    <td>Delta Hya</td>
+    <td>NurikoBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>25</td>
+    <td><img src="mn25.png"></td>
+    <td>Stars</td>
+    <td>Alpha Hya</td>
+    <td>HotohoriBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>26</td>
+    <td><img src="mn26.png"></td>
+    <td>Stretched Net</td>
+    <td>Nu Hya</td>
+    <td>ChirikoBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>27</td>
+    <td><img src="mn27.png"></td>
+    <td>Wings</td>
+    <td>Alpha Crt</td>
+    <td>TasukiBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>28</td>
+    <td><img src="mn28.png"></td>
+    <td>Chariot Cross-Board, perhaps strings of Koto</td>
+    <td>Gamma Crv</td>
+    <td>MitsukakeBoshi</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<h3>External links</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><a href='http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/charts.htm' class='external text' rel='nofollow'>Star Charts and Moon Stations</a> by Steve Renshaw and Saori Ihara (Revised April, 2010)</li>
+</ul>
+

skycultures/japanese_moon_stations/info.ini

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+[info]
+name = Japanese Moon Stations
+author = Alexander Wolf