Yoshida Domain
was the 7th "daimyō" of Miharu Domain and 9th hereditary chieftain of the Akita clan. His courtesy title was "Yamashiro-no-kami", and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. He was the second son of Akita Nobusue, who was born after Nobusue had retired, and in 1751 was posthumously adopted has heir to Sadasue, who had never married. In 1767 he was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieharu. His wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Nobuiya of Yoshida Domain and he later married a daughter of Toyama Yoshimichi of Gujō Domain. In 1784, the domain was beset by crop failure and famine and was forced to borrow 2000 "ryō" from the shogunate. The following year, the domain mansion in Edo burned down, and the domain borrowed an additional 3000 "ryō". He retired in 1797 and died in 1813. His grave is at the temple of Kōken-in in Miharu.