| He applied to participate in suppressing the Shimabara Rebellion, only to be rejected, so in 1639, he once left the Ikeda family and returned to his grandfather's home in Kirihara, Omi Province (the present Omihachiman City, Saga Prefecture). |
寛永16年（1639年）島原の乱に参陣することを願い出たが受け入れられず、一旦は池田家を離れ、近江国桐原（現・滋賀県近江八幡市）の祖父の家へ戻る。 |