Ikeda Mitsumasa


Ikeda Mitsumasa was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.

Early life

His childhood name was Shintarō.He was the son of Ikeda Toshitaka with Tsuruhime, daughter of Sakakibara Yasumasa. He adopted daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada. 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
  • Mother: Tsuruhime
  • Wife: Katsuhime
  • Concubines:
  • * Mizuno Katsunoshin's daughter
  • * Okuni no Kata
  • Children:
  • * Ikeda Tsunamasa by Katsuhime
  • * Jiunin married Honda Tadahira by Katsuhime
  • * Seigen’in married Ichijo Norisuke by Katsuhime
  • * Daughter married Sakakibara Masafusa by Katsuhime
  • * daughter married Nakagawa Hisatsune by Katsuhime
  • * Ikeda Masakoto by Mizuno Katsunoshin's daughter
  • * Ikeda Terutoshi by Okuni no Kata
  • * Rokuhime married Ikeda Yoshisada latre married Takikawa Kazumune by Okuni no Kata
  • * Shichihime by Okuni no Kata
  • * Kiyohime married Mori Moritsuna by Okuni no Kata
  • * daughter by Okuni no Kata

Daimyo

After his father's death in 1616, Mitsumasa inherited his father's domains in Harima Province.
In 1617, he was transferred to Tottori Domain with Inaba Province and Hōki Province as fiefs.
In 1632, he was transferred to Okayama Domain at Bizen. His descendants continued to live at Okayama.
He was also a Confucian scholar, and was a patron of Kumazawa Banzan, 17th century Confucian scholar.