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Place of Birth: Edo, Japan
About Nishio Tadayoshi
- Nishio Tadayoshi (?? ??, September 2, 1768 – January 30, 1831) was a daimyo in mid-Edo period Japan, who ruled Yokosuka Domain in Totomi Province. Nishio Tadayoshi was the fourth son of Makino Sadanaga, daimyo of Kasama Domain in Hitachi Province.
- He became the adopted heir of the fourth daimyo of Yokosuka Domain, Nishio Tadayuki, in 1783 and married Tadayuki's daughter.
- Tadayoshi became daimyo and head of the Nishio clan after his adoptive father's death in 1801. Tadayoshi entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate as a Soshaban (Master of Ceremonies) in 1806.
- He encouraged learning amongst his retainers, founding the domain school, Shudokan (???), in 1811.
- He invited noted kokugaku scholar Yagi Tomiho to lecture there.
- Tadayoshi also revised fishing laws and encouraged sword production for the purpose of stabilizing the domain's finances.
- Despite these measures, he was confronted with a peasant revolt aiming for lowered taxes, in 1816.
- In 1829, citing illness, Tadayoshi resigned from his position as daimyo, yielding it to his fourth son, Tadakata. Tadayoshi died at his Edo residence in Kobiki-cho on January 30, 1831, at age 63.
- His grave is located at the Nishio clan temple of Ryumin-ji in modern Kakegawa, Shizuoka.
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