A hollow cylindrically shaped anisotropic bonded magnet for use in a
4-pole motor, is formed by molding anisotropic rare-earth magnet powder
with resin. The alignment distribution of the anisotropic rare-earth
magnet powder in a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the
anisotropic bonded magnet is in the normalized direction of the
cylindrical side of the hollow cylindrical shape in the main region of a
polar period, and in a transition region in which the direction of the
magnetic pole changes, steadily points towards a direction tangential to
the periphery of the cylindrical side at points closer to the neutral
point of the magnetic pole, and becomes a direction tangential to the
periphery of the cylindrical side at that neutral point, and steadily
points toward the normalized direction of the cylindrical side at points
farther away from the neutral point.