Emperor Higashiyama
Emperor Higashiyama 東山天皇 | |||||
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Born | Asahito (朝仁) October 21, 1675 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Tokugawa shogunate | ||||
Died | January 16, 1710 (aged 34) Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Tokugawa shogunate | ||||
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Issue among others... | Emperor Nakamikado | ||||
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House | Yamato | ||||
Father | Emperor Reigen | ||||
Mother | Matsuki Muneko (Birth) Takatsukasa Fusako (Adoptive) |
Emperor Higashiyama (東山天皇, Higashiyama-
Events of Higashiyama's life
Early life
Before Higashiyama's ascension to the
Reign
Prince Tomohito acceded to the throne on May 2, 1687, as Emperor when his father abdicated in his favor, the era's name was changed from Jōkyō to Genroku to mark this event.[10] While he held the political title of Emperor, it was in name only as the shoguns of the Tokugawa family controlled Japan. Initially, Emperor Reigen continued to rule in Higashiyama's name as a Cloistered Emperor as had been done in the Heian period. While this move caused trouble by provoking the ruling shogunate, Higashiyama's gentle character helped to improve relations with the Shōgun. This warmed relationship caused imperial property to be increased, and repairs carried out on Imperial mausoleums. Reigen meanwhile lived out his retirement in the Sentō-gosho (the palace for an ex-Emperor), and is now known for being the last "Cloistered Emperor" of Japan.[8] On December 20, 1688, the esoteric Daijō-sai ceremony was revived because of the shogunate's insistence.[11] This Shinto ritual had been in abeyance for over a century, and is performed only once by the emperor in the period of the enthronement ceremonies.[12]
- 1688 (Genroku gannen): The Tokugawa shogunate revised the code of conduct for funerals (Fuku-kiju-ryō), which incorporated a code of conduct for mourning as well.[13]
- September 16, 1689 (Genroku 2): Japanologists in the 19th century; and his work continues to be rigorously examined by modern researchers today.[14]
- 1695 (Genroku 8, 8th month): Minting begun of Genroku coinage. The shogunate placed the Japanese character gen (元) on the obverse of copper coins, the same character used today in China for the yuan. There is no connection between those uses, however.[9]
- 1695 (Genroku 8, 11th month): First kennel is established for stray dogs in Edo. In this context, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi comes to be nicknamed the "Dog Shōgun" (犬公方, Inu-kubō).
- 1697 (Genroku 10): The fourth official map of Japan was made in this year, but it was considered to be inferior to the previous one—which had been ordered in 1605 (Shōhō 1) and completed in 1639 (Kan'ei 16). This Genroku map was corrected in 1719 (Kyōhō 4) by the mathematician Tatebe Katahiro (1644–1739), using high mountain peaks as points of reference, and was drawn to a scale of 1:21,600.[15]
- 1697 (Genroku 10): Great fire in Edo.[9]
- 1697 (Genroku 11): Another great fire in Edo. A new hall is constructed inside the enclosure of the Edo temple of
- 1703 (Genroku 15, 14th day of the 12th month): when the Akō Incident took place, in which a band of Forty-seven rōnin (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master Asano Naganori, due to the bloodshed, Emperor Higashiyama nearly withdrew the imperial will.
- 1703 (Genroku 16, 5th month): First performance of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's play The Love Suicides at Sonezaki.
- 1703 (Genroku 16, 28th day of the 11th month): The Great Genroku earthquake shook Edo and parts of the shōgun's castle collapsed.[16] The following day, a vast fire spread throughout the city.[9] Parts of Honshū's coast were battered by tsunami, and 200,000 people were either killed or injured.[16]
- October 28, 1707 (Hōei 4, 14th day of the 10th month): 1707 Hōei earthquake. The city of Osaka suffers tremendously because of a very violent earthquake.[9]
- November 15, 1707 (Hōei 4, 22nd day of the 10th month): An eruption of Musashi.[17]
- 1708 (Hōei 5): The shogunate introduces new copper coins into circulation; and each coin is marked with the Hōei nengō name (Hōei Tsubo).[17]
- 1708 (Hōei 5, 8th day of the 3rd month): There was a great fire in Heian-kyō.[17]
- 1708 (Hōei 5, 8th month): Giovanni Sidotti landed in Yakushima, where he was promptly arrested.
- 1709 (Hōei 6): Shōgun Tsunayoshi appoints commission to repair and restore Imperial mausoleums.[18]
- 1709 (Hōei 6, 4th month): Tokugawa Ienobu, Tsunayoshi's nephew, becomes the 6th shōgun of the Edo bakufu.[17] and Emperor Nakamikado accedes to the throne.
- July 27, 1709 (Hōei 6, 21st day of the 6th month): Emperor Higashiyama abdicated and the throne passed to his son.[19]
- January 16, 1710 (Hōei 6, 17th day of the 12th month): Higashiyama died.[17]
Higashiyama is among those enshrined in the Imperial mausoleum, Tsuki no wa no misasagi, at Sennyū-ji in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. Also enshrined in this location are this emperor's immediate Imperial predecessors since Emperor Go-Mizunoo – Meishō, Go-Kōmyō, Go-Sai and Reigen. Higashiyama's immediate Imperial successors, including Nakamikado, Sakuramachi, Momozono, Go-Sakuramachi and Go-Momozono, are enshrined here as well.[20]
Eras of reign
The years of Higashiyama's reign are more specifically identified by more than one
Genealogy
Higashiyama's family included at least 11 children.
Spouse
Position | Name | Birth | Death | Father | Issue |
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Chūgū | Princess Yukiko (幸子女王) (later: Shōshūmon’in - 承秋門院) |
November 14, 1680 | March 18, 1720 | Arisugawa-no-miya Yukihito | • First daughter: Imperial Princess Akiko |
Concubines
Name | Birth | Death | Father | Issue |
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Kushige Yoshiko (櫛笥賀子) (later: Shin-syukenmon’in - 新崇賢門院) |
Unknown | Unknown | Kushige Takatomo | • First son: Prince Ichi • Second son: Prince Ni • Fourth son: Prince Hisa • Second daughter: Princess Tomi • Fifth son: Imperial Prince Yasuhito (later Emperor Nakamikado) • Sixth son: Imperial Prince Kan'in-no-miya Naohito |
Reizei Tsuneko (冷泉経子) | 1678 | 1755 | Unknown | • Third son: Imperial Prince priest Kōkan |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Takatsuji Nagakazu (Aka: Sugawara - 菅原) |
• Third daughter: Princess Kōmyōjyō'in • Fourth daughter: Princess Syōsyuku |
Issue
Status | Name | Birth | Death | Mother | Marriage | Issue |
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First son | Prince Ichi (一宮) | 1693 | 1694 | Kushige Yoshiko | — | — |
Second son | Prince Ni (二宮) | 1696 | 1698 | Kushige Yoshiko | — | — |
Third son | Imperial Prince priest Kōkan (公寛法親王) | 1697 | 1738 | Reizei Tsuneko | Unknown | Unknown |
First daughter | Imperial Princess Akiko (秋子内親王) | 1700 | 1756 | Princess Yukiko | Fushimi-no-miya Sadatake (Imperial Prince) |
Unknown |
Fourth son | Prince Hisa (寿宮) | 1700 | 1701 | Kushige Yoshiko | — | — |
Fifth son | Imperial Prince Yasuhito (慶仁親王) (later Emperor Nakamikado) |
1702 | 1737 | Kushige Yoshiko | Konoe Hisako | • Imperial Prince Teruhito (later: Emperor Sakuramachi) • Princess Syōsan • Imperial Prince Priest Jyun'nin • among 14 children... |
Second daughter | Princess Tomi (福宮) | 1703 | 1705 | Kushige Yoshiko | — | — |
Sixth son | Prince Kan'in-no-miya Naohito (閑院宮直仁親王) | 1704 | 1753 | Kushige Yoshiko | Saemon-no-suke Sanuki | Prince Kan'in-no-miya Sukehito (閑院宮典仁親王) (father of: Emperor Kōkaku) |
Third daughter | Princess Kōmyōjyō'in (光明定院宮) ( stillbirth ) |
1707 | 1707 | Takatsuji Nagakazu's daughter | — | — |
Fourth daughter | Princess Syōsyuku (聖祝女王) | 1709 | 1721 | Takatsuji Nagakazu's daughter | — | — |
Fictional portrayals
Higashiyama appears under the name of Tomohito in the novel The Samurai's Wife by author Laura Joh Rowland. In the novel, detective Sano Ichiro is sent to investigate the murder of an important official in the Imperial Court. Tomohito is labelled as a suspect, and is portrayed as a childish oaf at the start of the novel. He is later revealed to be the instigator behind a coming revolution against the Tokugawa regime, so he can seize control of Japan himself. However, his plan fails, and he is once again placed in the Imperial Palace, where he seems to have accepted his fate to never leave the palace.
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See also
- Emperor of Japan
- List of Emperors of Japan
- Imperial cult
References
- ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 東山天皇 (113)
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. pp. 117–118.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Annales Des Empereurs Du Japon (in French). Royale de France. pp. 415–416. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Imperial House, p. 10.
- ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, Imperial House, p. 117.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Annales Des Empereurs Du Japon (in French). Royale de France. pp. 414–415. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Annales Des Empereurs Du Japon (in French). Royale de France. p. 414. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869, p. 342.
- ^ a b c d e f g Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Annales Des Empereurs Du Japon (in French). Royale de France. p. 415. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 415; Varley, H. Paul. (1959). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 44; n.b., a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Old Capital, p. 318.
- JSTOR 2384496.
- ^ Smith, Robert et al. (2004). Japanese Culture: Its Development And Characteristics, p. 28.
- ^ Screech, T. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns, p. 73.
- ^ Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan, p. 230.
- ^ a b Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning, p. 63.
- ^ a b c d e Titsingh, p. 416.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Imperial House, p. 118.
- ^ Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, pp. 45–46.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Imperial House, p. 423.
- ^ "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
Further reading
- Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning: the Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II. New York: OCLC 67774380
- Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Münster: LIT Verlag. OCLC 42041594
- OCLC 182637732
- __________. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
- OCLC 65177072
- Smith, Robert and Richard K. Beardsley. (2004). Japanese Culture: Its Development And Characteristics. Chicago, Aldine Publishing. OCLC 419072
- OCLC 5850691
- Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. New York: OCLC 52347509
- OCLC 59145842