Tachibana no Kachiko

Tachibana no Kachiko (橘 嘉智子, 786 – June 17, 850), also known as Empress Danrin (檀林皇后, Danrin-kōgō), was a Japanese empress, the chief consort of Emperor Saga[1] and the daughter of Tachibana no Kiyotomo (橘 清友).[2]

Tachibana no Kachiko
橘嘉智子
Empress consort of Japan
TenureAugust 21, 815 – June 5, 823
Born786
DiedJune 17, 850(850-06-17) (aged 63–64)
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
SpouseEmperor Saga
IssueEmperor Ninmyō
Princess Seishi
Princess Hideko
Prince Hidera
Princess Toshiko
Princess Yoshiko
Princess Shigeko
HouseYamato
FatherTachibana no Kiyotomo
In this Japanese name, the surname is Tachibana.

The empress was a devout Buddhist. She founded the Buddhist Danrin-ji temple complex, and for this reason, she came to be called Danrin-kōgō.[2]

She died in the 4th day of the 5th month of 850.[3]

Movies

In the acclaimed 2013 movie Avalokitesvara, a loose adaptation of the Putuoshan genesis story, Ryoko Nakano starred as the Empress Dowager Tachibana Kachiko.

Notes
  1. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 318-319.
  2. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 319.
  3. Adolphson, Mikael et al. (2006). Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries, p. 23., p. 23, at Google Books

References
  • Adolphson, Mikael S., Edward Kamens and Stacie Matsumoto. (2006). Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824830137; OCLC 71542885
  • Kōjien, 6th edition
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
Japanese royalty
Preceded by
Fujiwara no Otomuro
(Posthumously: Fujiwara no Taishi)
Empress consort of Japan
815–823		 Succeeded by
Princess Seishi


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