Zuicho Tachibana (橘 瑞超) was a Japanese explorer of Central Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south He made three trips to Central Asia between 1902 and 1910, all financed by Count Otani. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting ( 27 December 1876 - 5 October 1948) was the 22nd Abbot of the West Honganji Monastery of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Although he travelled as a priest of the Jodo Shinshu sect, he was suspected by British and Russian Intelligence of being an officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. also known as Shin Buddhism is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. For Combined Fleet, please see that article For Carrier Striking Task Force, please see that article
For more details of Tachibana's expeditions, see Expeditions of Count Otani.