After his colleagues and friends had paid tribute to him, several young Japanese women appeared holding trays full of white flowers.

Members of the royal family frequently visited the deceased monarch, asking his advice on vital matters and heeding the replies given by an oracle sitting at his side.

People will come to see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching.

I'm looking forward to your visit to China.

We observed the rising of his star, and we have come to pay him homage.