Mitsunaka Ikeda

Japanese: 池田光仲 - いけだ・みつなか

Year of death: 7th July 6th Genroku (8th August 1693)
Year of birth: June 18, 1630 (July 27, 1630)
Lord of Tottori Domain in the early Edo period. His childhood name was Katsugoro, and he later became known as Sagami no Kami. He was the eldest son of Ikeda Tadao, the lord of Bizen Okayama Domain, and his mother was the eldest daughter of Hachisuka Shigenobu, the lord of Awa Tokushima Domain. He inherited his father's estates at the age of three on June 18, 1632 (Kan'ei 9), but because he was still young, his fief was transferred to 320,000 koku in both Inaba and Hoki Provinces, and he lived in Tottori Castle. The shogunate ordered his uncle Ikeda Terusumi and senior retainers Arao Takumi and Shima to decide on national affairs in consultation with each other. He also frequently received advice from his cousin Ikeda Mitsumasa, the lord of Okayama Domain, and built the foundations of the Tottori Domain's administration under Mitsunaka, promoting various policies such as the development of Tottori City, flood control, afforestation, and new rice field development. He retired in 1685 (Jokyo 2) and died in Tottori Castle. <References> Eikichi Kajikawa, "Mr. Mitsunaka Ikeda" (Owned by Tottori Prefectural Library)

(Kazuhiko Kasaya)

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没年：元禄6.7.7(1693.8.8)
生年：寛永7.6.18(1630.7.27)
江戸前期の鳥取藩主。幼名は勝五郎,のち相模守を称する。備前岡山藩主池田忠雄の長男,母は阿波徳島藩主蜂須賀至鎮の長女。寛永9(1632)年6月18日に3歳で父の遺領を相続したが,幼稚のゆえをもって,因幡・伯耆両国32万石に封を移され鳥取城に住した。幕府からは叔父の池田輝澄や老臣荒尾内匠・志摩らに対して,合議のうえで国務を沙汰すべきことが命ぜられた。また従兄弟で岡山藩主であった池田光政からも,しばしば助言を得るなどして光仲のもとで鳥取藩政はその基礎を築き,鳥取市街の整備,治水,植林,新田開発などの諸政策を推し進めた。貞享2(1685)年に隠居し,鳥取城で死去。<参考文献>梶川栄吉『池田光仲公』(鳥取県立図書館蔵)

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