Chirami

Please note: This article is about the founder of the Temple of the Five-Fold Balance. For other uses of the term, please see Machiko (disambiguation).
Shiba Machiko was an artisan of the 4th century, who forced by political intrigue retired as the nun Chirami. She began to assist in the kitchen in a monastery of the Shrine of the Seven Thunders. Chirami began to study the balance of Elements in different foodstuffs. By happenstance a prominent Isawa lord tasted the spectacular food Chirami prepared, and immediately set out to found a new monastic order based on her work, with Chirami as its first Abbess. The sect would be named the Temple of the Five-Fold Balance. Monks and nuns of this order restricted themselves to the kitchen. Secrets of the Empire, p. 177
Shiba Machiko
Category:Members of the Brotherhood of Shinsei