Princess Tachibana no Nakatsu

Tachibana no Nakatsu
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure536–539
Empress dowager of Japan
Tenureappointed in 539
SpouseEmperor Senka
Issue
  • Princess Ishi-hime
  • Princess Oishi-hime
  • Princess Kura-no-wakaya-hime
  • Prince Kamiewa
  • Unknown child
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Ninken

Princess Tachibana no Nakatsu (? – fl. 539) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Senka.[1] She gave birth to five children. Tachibana no Nakatsu was the daughter of Emperor Ninken and Princess Kasuga no Ōiratsume. She became empress dowager from 539.

  1. ^ Anston, W.G. (1896). Transactions and Proceedings of The Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Vol. 1. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trüber, & Co.