Tachibana_no_Kachiko

Tachibana no Kachiko

Tachibana no Kachiko

Empress consort of Japan

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] She was de facto ruler of the empire between 833 and 850.

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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]

Genealogy

Lady Kachiko was born to Tachibana no Kiyotomo and his wife, Taguchi Michihime.

In June 809, Tachibana no Kachiko married the new emperor. The marriage produced seven children: two sons and five daughters. Her eldest son would succeed his father as Emperor of Japan and her eldest daughter married Prince Otomo, who later became Emperor Junna.

  • Husband: Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇, Saga-tennō, October 3, 786 – August 24, 842)
    • Son: Imperial Prince Masara (正良親王) later Emperor Ninmyō
    • Daughter: Imperial Princess Seishi (正子内親王; 810–879), married to Emperor Junna
    • Daughter: Imperial Princess Hideko (秀子内親王; d. 850)
    • Son: Imperial Prince Hidera (秀良親王; 817–895)
    • Daughter: Imperial Princess Toshiko (俊子内親王; d. 826)
    • Daughter: Imperial Princess Yoshiko (芳子内親王; d. 836)
    • Daughter: Imperial Princess Shigeko (繁子内親王; d. 865)

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. [1]
    Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 318-319.
  2. [2]
    Ponsonby-Fane, p. 319.
  3. [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
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