Emperor Higashiyama

Emperor of Japan

Asahito October 21, 1675

January 16, 1710 (aged 34)

Era dates See list Keichō(1596–1615) Genna (1615–1624) Kan'ei (1624–1644)

Emperor of Japan Emperor Higashiyama (東山天皇 , Higashiyama-tennō, October 21, 1675 – January 16, 1710) was the 113th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Higashiyama's reign spanned the years from 1687 through to his abdication in 1709 corresponding to the Genroku era. The previous hundred years of peace and seclusion in Japan had created relative economic stability. The arts and theater and architecture flourished.