Ikeda Mitsumasa (池田 光政; May 10, 1609 – June 27, 1682) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.
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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. 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.
In 1617, he was transferred to Tottori Domain (325,000 koku) with Inaba Province and Hōki 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.