was a daimyō

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 mid-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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Nishio Tadayoshi was the fourth son of Makino Sadanaga

Makino Sadanaga

was a Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.-Makino clan genealogy:...

, daimyō of Kasama Domain

Kasama Domain

' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Hitachi Province .-List of lords:*Matsudaira clan#Yasushige*Ogasawara clan #Yoshitsugu*Tenryō...

 in Hitachi Province

Hitachi Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Hitachi Province bordered on Iwashiro, Iwaki, Shimousa, and Shimotsuke Provinces....

. He became the adopted heir of the fourth daimyō of Yokosuka Domain, Nishio Tadayuki

Nishio Tadayuki

was a daimyō in mid-Edo period Japan, who ruled Yokosuka Domain in Tōtōmi Province.Nishio Tadayuki was the second son of the third daimyō of Yokosuka Domain, Nishio Tadamitsu. As his elder brother Tadamasa died in October 1765, Tadayuki was chosen to succeed his father. In 1766 he received court...

, in 1783 and married Tadayuki's daughter. Tadayoshi became daimyō and 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...

 after his adoptive father's death in 1801.

Tadayoshi entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...

 as a Sōshaban

Sōshaban

were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Conventional interpretations have construed this Japanese title as "master of ceremonies."...

(Master of Ceremonies) in 1806. He encouraged learning amongst his retainers, founding the domain school, , in 1811. He invited noted kokugaku

Kokugaku

Kokugaku was a National revival, or, school of Japanese philology and philosophy originating during the Tokugawa period...

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

Ikki

The term Ikki can refer to:*In Japanese history, leagues of samurai, farmers, and clergy who engaged in common defense against shogunal forces and greater lords, initiating large and destructive agrarian uprisings. The uprisings were also called ikki...

 aiming for lowered taxes, in 1816. In 1829, citing illness, Tadayoshi resigned from his position as daimyō, yielding it to his fourth son, Tadakata

Nishio Tadakata

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...

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Tadayoshi died at his Edo

Edo

, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...

 residence in Kobiki-chō on January 30, 1831, at age 63. 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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