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[[Image:Ikeda_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Ikeda kamon.]]

[[File:Ikeda-standard.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Ikeda ''[[kamon]]'' as an ''[[umajirushi]]'' battle standard. Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbieri-Mueller, seen on display at LACMA]]

The Ikeda of [[Owari province]] were descended from [[Minamoto Yorimitsu]] ([[944]]-[[1021]]), whose great-great grandson [[Minamoto Yasumasa|Yasumasa]] first took the name Ikeda. In fact, the Ikeda's origins are a matter of some debate, as another version has them as descendants of the [[Kusunoki clan]]. In the 16th Century the Ikeda rose to fame as they followed the fortunes of the 'Three Unifiers'. [[Ikeda Tsunetoshi]] entered the service of [[Oda Nobuhide]] and Tsuneyoshi's son [[Ikeda Nobuteru|Nobuteru]] would become a trusted [[Oda clan|Oda]] general, as well as a personal friend of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. While Nobuteru would be killed at the [[Battle of Nagakute]], his son [[Ikeda Terumasa|Terumasa]] would side with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and become one of the richest daimyô in Japan. The Ikeda would remain wealthy daimyô throughout the Edo Period.

The Ikeda of [[Owari province]] were descended from [[Minamoto Yorimitsu]] ([[944]]-[[1021]]), whose great-great grandson [[Minamoto Yasumasa|Yasumasa]] first took the name Ikeda. In fact, the Ikeda's origins are a matter of some debate, as another version has them as descendants of the [[Kusunoki clan]]. In the 16th Century the Ikeda rose to fame as they followed the fortunes of the 'Three Unifiers'. [[Ikeda Tsunetoshi]] entered the service of [[Oda Nobuhide]] and Tsuneyoshi's son [[Ikeda Nobuteru|Nobuteru]] would become a trusted [[Oda clan|Oda]] general, as well as a personal friend of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. While Nobuteru would be killed at the [[Battle of Nagakute]], his son [[Ikeda Terumasa|Terumasa]] would side with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and become one of the richest daimyô in Japan. The Ikeda would remain wealthy daimyô throughout the Edo Period.