Tachibana no Kachiko


Tachibana no Kachiko, also known as Empress Danrin, was a Japanese empress, the chief consort of Emperor Saga and the daughter of Tachibana no Kiyotomo.
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.
She died in the 4th day of the 5th month of 850.

Movies

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