Ikeda Munemasa

Ikeda Munemasa
池田宗政
Portrait from the Hayashibara Museum of Art
Daimyō
Preceded by	Ikeda Tsugumasa
Personal details
Born	June 1727
Died	March 10, 1764

Ikeda Munemasa (池田宗政) (June 1727 - March 10, 1764) 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.

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.