was a Japanese daimyÃ
 of the early Edo period.
Early life
His childhood name was ShintarÃ
 (æ°太éÂÂ).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 (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
- SeigenâÂÂin (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.
In 1617, he was transferred to Tottori Domain (325,000 koku) with Inaba Province and HÃ
Âki Province as fiefs.
In 1632, he was transferred to Okayama Domain (315,000 koku) 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.
References
Further reading
- Takekoshi YosaburÃ
 (1930). The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan (New York: The Macmillan Company), p. 193.
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