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Emperor Higashiyama

1675 - 1710

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Asahito (Japanese: 朝仁), posthumously honored as Emperor Higashiyama (東山天皇, Higashiyama-tennō; 21 October 1675 – 16 January 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 of the Edo period. The previous hundred years of peace and seclusion in Japan had created relative economic stability. The arts flourished, including theater and architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emperor Higashiyama is the 2,681st most popular politician (up from 2,717th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Japan (up from 124th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Higashiyama was the emperor who ruled Japan from 1707 to 1709. He is most famous for being the first Japanese emperor to visit Europe.

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Among politicians, Emperor Higashiyama ranks 2,681 out of 19,576. Before him are Shah Jahan II, Mithridates I of Parthia, Shigeru Ishiba, Kārlis Ulmanis, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. After him are Gustav Bauer, James Francis Edward Stuart, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Baer, Nur Muhammad Taraki, and Yazdegerd I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1675, Emperor Higashiyama ranks 2. Before him is Pope Benedict XIV. After him are Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Tarabai, William Jones, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Guillaume Delisle, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Samuel Clarke, and Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. Among people deceased in 1710, Emperor Higashiyama ranks 3. Before him are Ole Rømer, and Louise de La Vallière. After him are Hennig Brand, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Bernardo Pasquini, Gaspar Sanz, Louis, Prince of Condé, Gottfried Kirch, and Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Higashiyama ranks 110 out of 6,245. Before him are Fumio Kishida (1957), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Leo Esaki (1925), and Shigeru Ishiba (1957). After him are Tameo Ide (1908), Chiune Sugihara (1900), Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), Joan Fontaine (1917), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), and Benkei (1155).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Higashiyama ranks 34. Before him are Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Himiko (175), Fumio Kishida (1957), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), and Shigeru Ishiba (1957). After him are Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Prince Shōtoku (574), Eisaku Satō (1901), Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Kōshō (-505), and Emperor Go-Daigo (1288).

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