1970s

Washing vegetables with his wife, Kaneko, at the Fuji Culture
Center in Fujinomiya (Shizuoka Prefecture, November 1971) © Seikyo Shimbun
With Dutch members in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(Amsterdam, May 1973) © Seikyo Shimbun
Picking flowers alongside a road in Chez Denis during
a trip to Europe (France, May 1973) © Seikyo Shimbun
At the home of British historian Arnold J. Toynbee to complete
their exchange begun the previous year (London, May 1973) © Seikyo Shimbun
Thanking pioneer Soka Gakkai members during a meeting at the
Chugoku Culture Center (Okayama Prefecture, September 1973) © Seikyo Shimbun
The Ikedas relax at home dressed in traditional Japanese attire
(Tokyo, November 1973) © Seikyo Shimbun
Dancing with Ishigaki Island members on the beach
(Okinawa, February 1974) © Seikyo Shimbun
Meeting students at Moscow State University during his visit
to the USSR (Moscow, September 1974) © Seikyo Shimbun
Meeting with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai during his second trip
to China (Beijing, December 1974) © Seikyo Shimbun
Speaking at the inauguration of Soka Gakkai International
(Guam, January 1975) © Seikyo Shimbun
Meeting with people of a farming region together with Kaneko
during his third visit to China (China, April 1975) © Seikyo Shimbun
Carrying his elderly mother, Ichi, at Fujinomiya
(Shizuoka Prefecture, April 1975) © Seikyo Shimbun
Welcoming the first group of Chinese exchange students to
Soka University in Hachioji (Tokyo, April 1975) © Seikyo Shimbun
Meeting with USSR Premier Alexei Kosygin at the Kremlin
(Moscow, May 1975) © Seikyo Shimbun
Encouraging an elementary school student during a Future
Division course on the Soka University campus in Hachioji
(Tokyo, August 1975) © Seikyo Shimbun
With Future Division members on the Soka University campus
following a Boys and Girls General Meeting (Tokyo, August 1975) © Seikyo Shimbun
Attending a small group discussion meeting in Fuchu
(Tokyo, March 1979) © Seikyo Shimbun
Visiting a pioneer Soka Gakkai member
(Nagano Prefecture, August 1979) © Seikyo Shimbun
Welcoming Club of Rome President Aurelio Peccei at the
Seikyo Press building (Tokyo, November 1979) © Seikyo Shimbun
Ikeda and Kaneko reciting sections of the Lotus Sutra at the
Tokai Training Center (Shizuoka Prefecture, November 1979) © Seikyo Shimbun