Background
Keita Ikebe was born in 1798. he was the the son of Chojuro, an instructor of astronomy and surveying.
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Keita Ikebe
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Education
He studied surveying under Tadataka Ino, astronomy under Chusuke Suetsugu and gunnery from Shuhan Takashima.
Politics
Keita Ikebe and his master, Shuhan, were later sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the Shogunate for criticizing its closed-door foreign policy (1842).
Connections
While he was in jail his wife became mentally unbalanced and died.
