Although Ito may be minor as a military man, it was only Ito and Sukeshige MAKINO, the last lord of Tanabe Domain of Tango Province, who were granted the peerage among people from Maizuru City, and thus Ito is said to be respected as a rare great figure in the district.
海軍軍人としてはマイナーだが、舞鶴市出身で爵位を受けたのは最後の丹後田辺藩主牧野弼成（すけしげ）と伊藤の2人だけであり、地元では稀代の偉人として尊敬されているという。