Nishio Tadakata
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was a daimyō
in late-Edo period
Japan
, who ruled Yokosuka Domain
in Tōtōmi Province
.
Tadakata was the fourth son of Nishio Tadayoshi
, and succeeded his father as head of the Nishio clan
and daimyō of Yokosuka in 1829. HIs wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Muneakira, daimyō of Miyazu Domain
in Tango Province
, but he had no children. He retired due to illness in 1843, yielding the clan leadership to his adopted son Tadasaka
. Tadakata died in Yokosuka Castle
on June 18, 1857, at age 47. His grave is located at the Nishio clan temple of Ryumin-ji in modern Kakegawa, Shizuoka
.
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
in late-Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, who ruled Yokosuka Domain
Yokosuka Domain
' was a Japanese feudal domain of the Edo period, located in Tōtōmi Province. Yokosuka was a Fudai domain. It was centered at Yokosuka Castle in the Matsuo district of the city of Kakegawa in Shizuoka Prefecture.-History:...
in Tōtōmi Province
Totomi Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka Prefecture. Tōtōmi bordered on Mikawa, Suruga and Shinano Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .-History:...
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Tadakata was the fourth son of Nishio Tadayoshi
Nishio Tadayoshi
was a daimyō in mid-Edo period Japan, who ruled Yokosuka Domain in Tōtōmi Province.Nishio Tadayoshi was the fourth son of Makino Sadanaga, daimyō of Kasama Domain in Hitachi Province. He became the adopted heir of the fourth daimyō of Yokosuka Domain, Nishio Tadayuki, in 1783 and married Tadayuki's...
, and succeeded his father as head of the Nishio clan
Nishio clan
The was a Japanese clan claiming descent from the Kira clan, a branch of the Seiwa Genji line. Kira Yoshitsugu, a son of Kira Mochihiro, served under Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu adopted the family name of Nishio...
and daimyō of Yokosuka in 1829. HIs wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Muneakira, daimyō of Miyazu Domain
Miyazu Domain
The ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Tango Province .-List of lords:*Kyōgoku clan, 1600-1666 #Takatomo#Takahiro#Takakuni*Tenryō, 1666-1669...
in Tango Province
Tango Province
was an old province in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called , with Tamba Province. Tango bordered on Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa provinces....
, but he had no children. He retired due to illness in 1843, yielding the clan leadership to his adopted son Tadasaka
Nishio Tadasaka
was a daimyō in late-Edo period Japan, who ruled Yokosuka Domain in Tōtōmi Province.Tadasaka was the second son of Sakai Tadazane, daimyō of Himeji Domain, and was adopted by the heirless 6th daimyō of Yokosuka Domain, Nishio Tadakata, to be his successor...
. Tadakata died in Yokosuka Castle
Yokosuka Castle
was a Japanese castle in Tōtōmi Province , Japan from the late Muromachi period to the Meiji Restoration. It was the capital of Yokosuka Domain during the Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo period.-History:...
on June 18, 1857, at age 47. His grave is located at the Nishio clan temple of Ryumin-ji in modern Kakegawa, Shizuoka
Kakegawa, Shizuoka
is a city in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 117,858 and a population density of 444 persons per km². The total area was 265.63 km².-Geography:...
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