Ikeda Tsugumasa (1702–1776) (池田継政) was a ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...

'' of

Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is ...

during the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

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, and head of the

Ikeda clan was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021) of the Seiwa Genji. Minamoto no Yasumasa, the fourth generation descending from Yorimitsu, and younger brother of Minamoto no Yorimasa (1104-1180), was the first t ...

. He was the father of Ikeda Munemasa, who would become ''daimyō'' following his father's retirement in 1752. His father was

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, and Tsuguasa made additions to the

Kōraku-en is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern ...

gardens that his father built in

. His childhood name was Shigetaro (茂太郎) later Minechiyo (峯千代). He was in contact with the

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Hakuin Ekaku was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is regarded as the reviver of the Rinzai school from a moribund period of stagnation, focusing on rigorous training methods integrating meditation and koan practice. Biog ...

, whom he first heard lecture on the '' Diamond Sūtra'' in

in 1751. Hakuin wrote the kana hōgo ''Yabukôji'' for the Lord, and ''Hebi ichigo'' (辺鄙以知吾).

Family

* Father:

* Mother: Eiko-in * Wife: Kazuhime * Concubine: Yoshiki’in * Children: ** Ikeda Munemasa by Kazuhime ** Ikeda Masataka (1739-1809) by Yoshiki’in

References

{{reflist, 2 1702 births 1776 deaths Daimyo Ikeda clan