Tachibana Konakachi - Tachibana Konakachi

Japanese: 橘古那可智 - たちばなのこなかち

Year of death: Tenpyo Hoji 3.7.5 (759.8.2)
Year of birth: Unknown
The wife of Emperor Shomu in the 8th century. Also known as Lady Tachibana. She was the granddaughter of Tachibana Michiyo and the daughter of Sai. In February 737, she was promoted from no rank to Junior Third Rank, and it seems that she became the wife of Shomu around this time. When she was promoted from Senior Third Rank to Junior Second Rank in April 738, she was called Lady Tachibana. In the intercalary August of 757, two months after the Tachibana Naramaro Rebellion, she and her family changed their surnames to Hirooka, but at the time she was Senior Second Rank. It seems that she had no children with Shomu. In 751 and 752, she donated furniture, the Great Prajnaparamita Sutra, the Medicine Sutra, and other items to Horyuji Temple, and donated a knife and a kohoku sutra to the Great Buddha's eye-opening ceremony in 752. It is said that Fukoji Temple in Soekami County, Yamato Province, was built by Konakachi, so she must have been a devout believer in Buddhism.

(Keiko Umemura)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天平宝字3.7.5(759.8.2)
生年：生年不詳
8世紀の聖武天皇の夫人。橘夫人とも。橘三千代の孫で佐為の娘。天平9(737)年2月無位から従三位に叙せられており,このころ聖武の夫人になったらしい。天平21年4月正三位から従二位に上ったときには橘夫人とある。橘奈良麻呂の乱の2カ月後の天平宝字1(757)年閏8月,一族と共に橘姓を改めて広岡姓を賜ったが,ときに正二位。聖武との間に子どもはなかったようである。天平14年と18年に法隆寺に調度品や大般若経・薬師経などを施入し,天平勝宝4(752)年の大仏開眼会に刀子・琥碧誦数を献じている。また大和国添上郡の普光寺は,古那可智建立の寺と伝えられており,仏教を篤く信じていたのであろう。

(梅村恵子)

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