He was presented to the reigning shōgun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, as well as to Ii Naosuke, four months after his adoption, and at the end of the year was invested with the court title of Wakasa no Kami (若狭守), which was traditionally held by the heir to the house of Aizu.[4] Interested to further Katamori's education, Katataka then sent his heir to Aizu, where he was educated in the domain school, Nisshinkan.[5]