Background
Soan Ikeda was born in Tajima, Hyogo Prefecture, to a family of peasant.
池田草庵
Soan Ikeda was born in Tajima, Hyogo Prefecture, to a family of peasant.
Began studying Confucianism at Kyoto under Sen-an KaUga at an early age and then founded a private school named Seitcei Shorn and devoted himself to teaching the young.