Ikeda Munemasa
Ikeda Munemasa was a daimyō of Iyo Province in the Edo period of Japan. He was the 4th Lord of the Okayama Domain and head of the Ikeda clan. Ikeda's reign began in 1752, following the retirement of his father, Ikeda Tsugumasa, and lasted until his death in 1764. He was lord of Okayama Castle. His childhood name was Shigetaro later Minechiyo.
He authored Portrait of Hitomaro and His Waka Poem, on the subject of the waka poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. He was skilled at calligraphy, haikai, painting and waka.
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