Chirami

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.