Yonezawa Domain
was the 10th Itakura "daimyō" of Fukushima Domain. The eldest son of Itakura Katsutoshi, he became "daimyō" on his father’s forced retirement in 1834. His wife was the daughter of Uesugi Narisada of Yonezawa Domain. With the opening of Japan to foreign trade per the Harris Treaty of 1858, he was able to restore the domain’s finances to a strong state through encouragement of the export of silk. He retired in 1866 in favor of his eldest son, but continued to rule behind-the-scenes until and his death in 1877.