Ikeda Munemasa Explained

Ikeda Munemasa
Native Name:	池田宗政
Native Name Lang:	Japanese
Birth Date:	June 1727
Death Date:	March 10,
Office:	Daimyō
Predecessor:	Ikeda Tsugumasa

Ikeda Munemasa (池田宗政) (June 1727 - March 10, 1764)^{[1] [2] [3]} was a daimyō of Iyo Province in the Edo period of Japan.^[4] He was the 4th Lord of the Okayama Domain and head of the Ikeda clan.^[5] Ikeda's reign began in 1752, following the retirement of his father, Ikeda Tsugumasa,^[6] and lasted until his death in 1764.^[7] He was lord of Okayama Castle. His childhood name was Shigetaro (茂太郎) later Minechiyo (峯千代).

He authored Portrait of Hitomaro and His Waka Poem, on the subject of the waka poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. He was skilled at calligraphy, haikai, painting and waka.

Family

• Father: Ikeda Tsugumasa
• Mother: Kazuhime
• Wife: Kuroda Fujiko
• Children
  • Ikeda Harumasa (1750-1819) by Kuroda Fujiko
  • Sagara Nagahiro (1752-1813) by Kuroda Fujiko
  • Daughter married Sakakibara Masaatsu by Kuroda Fujiko

Notes and References

1. News: 池田 宗政∥イケダ ムネマサ . Japanese . 〔生没年〕　享保１２年（1727）６月～宝暦１４年（1764）３月１０日　　〔享年〕38 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170105023256/http://21coe.kokugakuin.ac.jp/db2/kokugaku/ikeda.027.html . January 5, 2017.
2. News: 享保12年(1727)生～宝暦14年(1764)没 城主期間　宝暦2年(1752)～宝暦14年(1764) . Japanese . 池田宗政 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170105014217/http://www.city.okayama.jp/museum/rekidai/ikeda/munemasa.htm . January 5, 2017.
3. Book: He was born in the family home in Edo, son of Ikeda Munemasa (1725-1764), and was originally named Toshimasa [...] On his father's death in Meiwa 1 (1764) he inherited the clan leadership... . Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy Spanning Two Thousand Years . 141 . Shigemi . Komatsu . 9783791310268 . 1989 . Prestel Verlag GmbH + Company.
4. Book: Baroni, Helen Josephine . The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism . limited . 127 . . 2002 . 9780823922406 . Hebiichigo . A letter in two segments, written by Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768), a Rinzai monk, in 1754. The letter, composed as a sermon on the Dharma, was addressed to Ikeda Munemasa, daimyō, or military leader, of Iyo province. .
5. News: Watanabe Japanese Fine Arts . Ikeda Munemasa Peony in Basket . Ikeda Munemasa(1727-1764), the 4th Lord of Okayama Domain, Bizen Province. The eldest son of Ikeda Tsugumasa. Excelled at painting, calligraphy, haikai, and waka. . https://web.archive.org/web/20170105012532/http://www.shoga.jp/en/item/2014/03/14137.html . January 5, 2017.
6. Book: Yampolsky, Philip B. . 159 . The Lord of Okayama Castle is Ikeda Tsugumasa (1702-1776). He retired in the twelfth month of 1752. . The Zen Master Hakuin: Selected Writings . . 9780231060417 . 1971.
7. Web site: 池田氏（備前岡山藩） . Japanese . 1752-1764　備前岡山藩四代藩主 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111104121941/http://reichsarchiv.jp/%E5%AE%B6%E7%B3%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88/%E6%B1%A0%E7%94%B0%E6%B0%8F%EF%BC%88%E5%82%99%E5%89%8D%E5%B2%A1%E5%B1%B1%E8%97%A9%EF%BC%89 . November 4, 2011 . reichsarchiv.jp . dead .