Toraku Ikeda was by profession a painter of designs on dyed goods and owned a shop for this purpose named Kameya at Nihonbashi, Edo (now Tokyo).
Background
Toraku Ikeda was born in 1786.
Achievements
Toraku Ikeda was the first man in Japan to build a magic lantern and give shows. He is said to have heard about the magic lantern from a Dutchman and then with instructions from Genyo Takahashi built one himself to Rive the first performance in a variety house in Ushig.