Career
Itakura, born to the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira of the Kuwana Domain, was adopted by Itakura Katsutsune, the lord of the Matsuyama domain. As a student of Yamada Hōkoku, Itakura worked to reform his domain"s administration and finances. Itakura entered the ranks of the shogunate bureaucracy.
He served as jisha-bugyō in 1857-1859 and again in 1861-1862.
He became a rōjū in 1862. Itakura fought in the Boshin War, and served as a staff officer of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei.
He joined the Ezo Republic, and fought at Hakodate. After a short time in prison, he was released in the early 1870s, and later became priest of the Tōshōgu Shrine in Ueno.