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Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda(May 2010)
President of Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
Assumed office
26 January 1975
Honorary President of Soka Gakkai
Assumed office
24 April 1979
Succeeded byPresident of Soka Gakkai
Hiroshi Hojo (北条浩)
Einosuke Akiya
Minoru Harada
3rd President of Soka Gakkai
In office
3 May 1960 – 24 April 1979
Preceded byJōsei Toda
Acting President
Takashi Koizumi(小泉隆)
Succeeded byHiroshi Hojo (北条浩)
Personal details
Born(1928-01-02)2 January 1928
Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Died15 November 2023(2023-11-15) (aged 95)
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Spouse(s)Kaneko Ikeda (池田香峯子)
Children
Parents
  • Ichi Ikeda (mother)
  • Nenokichi Ikeda (father)
ResidenceJapan, Tokyo, Shinjuku-Ku, Shinanomachi (信濃町)
Alma materFuji Junior College (present-day Tokyo Fuji University)[1]
Signature
Websitedaisakuikeda.org

Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作, Ikeda Daisaku, 2 January 1928 – 15 November 2023) was a Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and anti-nuclear activist.[2][3][4] He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements.[5] Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI).[6][7] He died on 15 November 2023, at the age of 95.[8]


References

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  1. "Daisaku Ikeda Profile". Soka University. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. Bethel, Dayle (1974). "The Political Ideology of Ikeda Daisaku, President of Soka Gakkai". International Education. 3 (2).
  3. Goulah, Jason; Ito, Takao (2012). "Daisaku Ikeda's Curriculum of Soka Education: Creating Value Through Dialogue, Global Citizenship, and 'Human Education' in the Mentor-Disciple Relationship". Curriculum Inquiry. 42 (1): 56–79. doi:10.1111/j.1467-873X.2011.00572.x. S2CID 143095558.
  4. "No More Nukes". Tricycle. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  5. Métraux, Daniel (2013). "Soka Gakkai International: Japanese Buddhism on a Global Scale". Virginia Review of Asian Studies.
  6. Strand, Clark (Winter 2008). "Faith in Revolution". Triycle. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. Urbain, Olivier (2010). Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-304-1.
  8. "池田大作名誉会長は15日に老衰で死去" [Honorary Chairman Daisaku Ikeda died of old age on the 15th.]. Kyodo News (in Japanese). 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.