A younger son of ''daimyô'' [[Ii Naohide]], Naonaka was declared the official heir to the household and to the domain after his elder brother [[Ii Naotomi]] died in [[1787]]. Later that year, on 1787/10/15, he had his first formal audience with the shogun, in conjunction with being officially recognized (by the shogunate) as Ii Naohide's heir. | A younger son of ''daimyô'' [[Ii Naohide]], Naonaka was declared the official heir to the household and to the domain after his elder brother [[Ii Naotomi]] died in [[1787]]. Later that year, on 1787/10/15, he had his first formal audience with the shogun, in conjunction with being officially recognized (by the shogunate) as Ii Naohide's heir. |