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Empress consort of Japan
Tachibana no Kachiko
橘嘉智子
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Tenure
| August 21, 815 ? June 5, 823
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Tenure
| April 23, 823 ? March 2, 833
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Tenure
| March 26, 833 ? June 17, 850
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Born
| 786
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Died
| June 17, 850
(850-06-17)
(aged 63?64)
Heian Ky? (Ky?to)
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Spouse
| Emperor Saga
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Issue
| Emperor Ninmy?
Princess Seishi
Princess Hideko
Prince Hidera
Princess Toshiko
Princess Yoshiko
Princess Shigeko
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House
| Yamato
(by marriage)
Tachibana clan
(by birth)
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Father
| Tachibana no Kiyotomo
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Mother
| Taguchi Michihime
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Tachibana no Kachiko
(
橘 嘉智子
, 786 ? June 17, 850)
, also known as
Empress Danrin
(
檀林皇后
,
Danrin-k?g?
)
, was a Japanese empress, the chief consort of
Emperor Saga
[1]
and the daughter of Tachibana no Kiyotomo
(
橘 ?友
)
.
[2]
She was de facto ruler of the empire between 833 and 850.
The empress was a devout Buddhist. She founded the Buddhist
Danrin-ji
temple complex, and for this reason, she came to be called Danrin
-k?g?.
[2]
She died in the 4th day of the 5th month of 850.
[3]
Known for her renowned beauty in her life, on her deathbed, Empress Danrin requested her body to be left open to the environment for the public to see the effects of human decomposition. This event later became a popular Japanese folk legend and was later depicted by the 18th century painting "
Nine Stages of Decomposition of the Heian Period Empress Danrin
".
[4]
Genealogy
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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-tenn?, October 3, 786 ? August 24, 842)
- Son: Imperial Prince Masara (正良親王) later
Emperor Ninmy?
- Daughter: Imperial
Princess Seishi
(正子?親王; 810?879), married to
Emperor Junna
- Daughter: Imperial Princess Hideko (秀子?親王; d. 850)
- Son: Imperial Prince Hidera (秀良親王; 817?895)
- Daughter: Imperial Princess Toshiko (俊子?親王; d. 826)
- Daughter: Imperial Princess Yoshiko (芳子?親王; d. 836)
- Daughter: Imperial Princess Shigeko (繁子?親王; d. 865)
In popular culture
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In the acclaimed 2013 movie
Avalokitesvara
, a loose adaptation of the
Putuoshan
genesis story,
Ryoko Nakano
starred as the Empress Dowager Tachibana Kachiko.
Notes
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References
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Legendary
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Yamato
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Nara
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Heian
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Kamakura
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Northern Court
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Muromachi
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- Ano no Renshi
- Niwata Asako
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- Madenok?ji Eiko
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Azuchi-Momoyama
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Edo
| 1603?1868
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- Konoe Hisako
1
- Nij? Ieko
- Ichij? Tomiko
- Konoe Koreko
- Princess Yoshiko
- Takatsukasa Yasuko
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Empire of Japan
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State of Japan
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Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in
CE
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AD
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individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously
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title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943
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was made High Empress or
de jure
empress dowager during her husband's reign
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Nara
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Heian
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Kamakura
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Years are in
CE
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AD
1
individuals that were given the title of grand empress dowager posthumously
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