Tokugawa Ieharu
was the 8th Itakura "daimyō" of Fukushima Domain. The second son of Itakura Katsunori, he became daimyo on his father’s death i in 1776, and was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieharu. His wife was the daughter of Wakazaka Yasuchika of Tatsuno Domain. His tenure was marked by famine in Fukushima, and a fire which destroyed Osaka Castle while he was stationed there as a guard. He requested the assistance of advisors from Sōma Nakamura Domain to help with reforms. He died in 1815.