The house where Ikeda grew up in Ota Ward (Tokyo, 1930s) © Seikyo Shimbun

Ikeda (front row, fourth from left) in elementary school, around the fifth grade (Tokyo, late 1930s) © Seikyo Shimbun

Ikeda (left) with a fellow student (Tokyo, 1940s) © Seikyo Shimbun

Ikeda's parents, father, Nenokichi, and mother, Ichi, on the veranda of their home
(Tokyo, 1951), Courtesy of the Ikeda Family.

Commemorative photo with his wife, Kaneko, on their wedding day
(Tokyo, May 1952) © Seikyo Shimbun

Ikeda (right) proofreading text for the second printing of the
collected writings of Nichiren at Meiwa Printing Company
(Tokyo, March 1954) © Seikyo Shimbun

Ikeda (left) with second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda during
the first youth festival on the grounds of Nihon University
(Tokyo, November 1954) © Seikyo Shimbun

At the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Shinanomachi, Shinjuku Ward
(Tokyo, May 1956) © Seikyo Shimbun

Greeted by Soka Gakkai members after his release from the Osaka
detention house following his arrest on false charges (Osaka, July 1957) © Seikyo Shimbun

With his mentor Josei Toda at the completion of the
Grand Lecture Hall on the grounds of Taiseki-ji in Fujinomiya
(Shizuoka Prefecture, March 1958) © Seikyo Shimbun

Leading the brass band during a celebration of the
newly-completed Grand Lecture Hall on the Taiseki-ji grounds
in Fujinomiya (Shizuoka Prefecture, March 1958) © Seikyo Shimbun

1930s-50s