Ikeda Terumasa
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Ikeda Terumasa | |
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池田 輝政 | |
Daimyō of Himeji | |
In office 1600–1613 | |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | Ikeda Toshitaka |
Personal details | |
Born | January 31, 1565 |
Died | March 16, 1613 | (aged 48)
Nationality | Japanese |
Spouse | Toku Hime |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Toyotomi clan Tokugawa clan Eastern Army |
Unit | Mino-Ikeda family |
Battles/wars | Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584) Battle of Gifu Castle (1600) Battle of Sekigahara (1600) |
Ikeda Terumasa (池田 輝政, January 31, 1565 – March 16, 1613) was a Japanese
Biography
Terumasa was the 2nd son and heir of
In 1590, following the transfer of Tokugawa Ieyasu to the Kanto, Terumasa was established at Yoshida in Mikawa, a 152,000-koku fief. In 1594 Terumasa married one of Tokugawa's daughters, and after Hideyoshi's death in 1598, the Ikeda drifted into Ieyasu's camp.
When the
Following the Tokugawa victory, Terumasa was given a 520,000-koku fief and the province of Harima.[2] He expanded the Himeji Castle, which he completed in 1609.[3] In 1603 Bizen was added to Terumasa's territory, and this he assigned to his eldest son, Toshitaka (1584–1616).
Death
By the time of Terumasa's death in 1613, the Ikeda had grown to rule over Harima, Bizen, Inaba, and Awaji, with a combined income of around 1,000,000-koku. Following the death of Toshitaka, the Tokugawa Bakufu took steps to reduce the alarming power of the Ikeda and eventually reduced the family to Tottori (Inaba) and Okayama (Bizen).
Ōkanehira sword
Ōkanehira or Great Kanehira, refers to the extraordinary size of the katana's blade. Work of Kanehira from Bizen Province, owned by Ikeda Terumasa and passed down in the Ikeda clan.
Family
- Father: Ikeda Tsuneoki
- Mother: Zen'ōin
- Sister: Ikeda Sen
- Wives:
- Itohime, daughter of Nakagawa Kiyohide
- Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Concubines:
- Manganin
- Daughter of Ando clan
- Children:
- Ikeda Toshitaka (1584–1616) by Itohime
- Ikeda Tadatsugu (1599–1615) by Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Ikeda Teruzumi (1604–1662) by Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Ikeda Masatsuna (1605–1631) by Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Ikeda Tadakatsu (1602–1632) by Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Ikeda Teruoki (1611–1647) by Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Chacha-hime married Kyogoku Takahiro by Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Furihime (1607–1659) married Date Tadamune by Tokuhime (Tokugawa)
- Ikeda Masatora (1590–1635) by Manganin
- Ikeda Toshimasa (1594–1639) by daughter of Ando clan
- Ikeda Terutaka
References
- ^ ISBN 9780756698294.
- ISBN 1880656965.
- ISBN 9780195331264.
- (in Japanese) Japanese Wikipedia article on Terumasa (23 October 2007)