Ikeda Mitsumasa
Ikeda Mitsumasa | |
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| Daimyō of Himeji | |
| In office 1616–1617 | |
| Preceded by | Ikeda Toshitaka |
| Succeeded by | Honda Tadamasa |
| Daimyō of Tottori | |
| In office 1617–1632 | |
| Preceded by | Ikeda Nagayuki |
| Succeeded by | Ikeda Mitsunaka |
| Daimyō of Okayama | |
| In office 1632–1672 | |
| Preceded by | Ikeda Tadakatsu |
| Succeeded by | Ikeda Tsunamasa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1609 |
| Died | June 27, 1682 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Spouse | Katsuhime |
Ikeda Mitsumasa (池田 光政, May 10, 1609 – June 27, 1682) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.[1]
Early life
His childhood name was Shintarō (新太郎).He was the son of Ikeda Toshitaka with Tsuruhime, daughter of Sakakibara Yasumasa. He adopted daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada.[1] He married Katsuhime, daughter of Honda Tadatoki with Senhime who was the daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo and Tokugawa Ieyasu's favorite granddaughter.
Family
- Father: Ikeda Toshitaka (1584-1616)
- Mother: Tsuruhime (d.1672)
- Wife: Katsuhime (1618-1678)
- Concubines:
- Mizuno Katsunoshin's daughter
- Okuni no Kata
- Children:
- Ikeda Tsunamasa by Katsuhime
- Jiunin married Honda Tadahira by Katsuhime
- Seigen’in (1636-1717) married Ichijo Norisuke by Katsuhime
- Daughter married Sakakibara Masafusa by Katsuhime
- daughter married Nakagawa Hisatsune by Katsuhime
- Ikeda Masakoto (1645-1700) by Mizuno Katsunoshin's daughter
- Ikeda Terutoshi (1649-1714) by Okuni no Kata
- Rokuhime (1645-1680) married Ikeda Yoshisada latre married Takikawa Kazumune by Okuni no Kata
- Shichihime (1647-1652) by Okuni no Kata
- Kiyohime (1653-1686) married Mori Moritsuna by Okuni no Kata
- daughter (1657-1662) by Okuni no Kata
Daimyo
After his father's death in 1616, Mitsumasa inherited his father's domains in Harima Province.[1]
In 1617, he was transferred to Tottori Domain (325,000 koku) with Inaba Province and Hōki Province as fiefs.[1]
In 1632, he was transferred to Okayama Domain (315,000 koku) at Bizen. His descendants continued to live at Okayama.[1]
He was also a Confucian scholar, and was a patron of Kumazawa Banzan, 17th century Confucian scholar.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d e Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ikeda" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 14 [PDF 18 of 80]; retrieved 2013-4-25.
Further reading
- Takekoshi Yosaburō (1930). The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan (New York: The Macmillan Company), p. 193.
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