Tachibana no Kachiko

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Tachibana".

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]

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]

Notes

  1. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 318-319.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ponsonby-Fane, p. 319.
  3. Adolphson, Mikael et al. (2006). Heian Japan, Centers and Peripheries, p. 23., p. 23, at Google Books

References

Japanese royalty
Preceded by
Fujiwara no Otomuro
(Posthumously: Fujiwara no Taishi)
Empress consort of Japan
815–823
Succeeded by
Princess Seishi