Emperor Reigen

Emperor Reigen
霊元天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign5 March 1663 – 2 May 1687
Enthronement2 June 1663
PredecessorGo-Sai
SuccessorHigashiyama
Shōguns
BornSatohito (識仁)
(1654-07-09)9 July 1654
Tokugawa shogunate
(now Japan)
Died24 September 1732(1732-09-24) (aged 78)
Honshu, Tokugawa shogunate
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1670; died 1712)
Issue
among others...
Emperor Higashiyama
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Reigen (霊元院 or 霊元天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Go-Mizunoo
MotherSono Kuniko [ja]

Satohito (Japanese: 識仁), posthumously honored as Emperor Reigen (霊元天皇, Reigen-tennō, 9 July 1654 – 24 September 1732) was the 112th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2] Reigen's reign spanned the years from 1663 through 1687.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 霊元天皇 (112)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 117.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 414–415.