Awa

Doji Tanie was a samurai-ko and member of the Imperial Court. She joined the Four Temples as the nun Awa. Soon after, she returned to court to act the next twelve years as advisor to her daughter Doji Taniyo, who had taken up her duties at the Imperial Court. Awa negotiated a grant of land near the village of Tsuma and financial support to a new monastic order, allied with but separate from the Four Temples, which subsequently grew into the Autumn Leaf Temple. Secrets of the Empire, p. 170
Doji Tanie
Category:Members of the Brotherhood of Shinsei