Tachibana no Kachiko
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, also known as , was a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese empress. She was the chief consort of Emperor Saga
Emperor Saga
was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Saga's reign spanned the years from 809 through 823.-Traditional narrative:...

. She was the daughter of .

The empress was a devout Buddhist. She founded the Buddhist Danrin-ji
Danrin-ji
was Japan's first Zen temple, founded in Saga, Kyōto by order of Tachibana no Kachiko during the Jōwa era. The temple was destroyed by fire in 928, but was restored, and during the Muromachi period the temple was designated as one of Kyōto's five great Buddhist nunneries...

temple complex, and for this reason, she came to be called Danrin-kōgō.

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