Nishio Tadanari 西尾忠成 | |
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| Born | 1653 |
| Died | November 30, 1713 Edo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Oki no kami |
| Occupation | Daimyō |
| Spouse | daughter of Niwa Mitsushige |
Nishio Tadanari (西尾 忠成, 1653 – November 30, 1713) was adaimyō of the early to midEdo period,Japan, who ruled theTanaka andKomorodomains, and was finally transferred toYokosuka Domain inTōtōmi Province, where his descendants ruled until theMeiji Restoration.
Nishio Tadanari was the eldest son ofNishio Tadaakira, daimyō ofTanaka Domain inSuruga Province. However, as Tadaakira died in 1654, Tadanari succeeded to theNishio clan leadership as an infant. Tanaka Domain's revenues under the Nishio had been 25,000koku; but since Tadanari's uncle Nishio Tadatomo was granted 5000koku of territory, the domain's income was reduced to 20,000koku. In 1661 the young Tadanari was received byshōgunTokugawa Ietsuna, and given the courtesy title ofOki no kami and junior 5th court rank, lower grade. Tanaka Domain reverted to 25,000koku status upon Nishio Tadatomo's death in 1675; however, soon afterward, in 1679, the Nishio clan was relocated toKomoro Domain inShinano Province. Tadanari made great efforts to fix the damage caused by the misgovernment ofSakai Tadayoshi, the previous lord of Komoro; however, he was transferred once more (after barely three years in Shinano) toYokosuka Domain.
In Yokosuka, Tadanari again made great efforts to improve the economic status of his domain, modernizing hiscastle town and even entertainingemissaries from the Korean court in the same year as his move to Yokosuka (1682). He was also famed as a skilled painter and patron of the arts. However, administering the domain became a great burden, especially after the majorearthquake of 1707, and he chose to retire, yielding clan headship to his son,Tadanao, in the summer of 1713. Tadanari died in Sakurada, outside ofEdo, in the fall of the same year, at age 61.
His grave is at the temple of Myōgen-ji in present-dayAgeo, Saitama.[1]
| Preceded by | Daimyō of Tanaka 1654–1679 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Daimyō of Komoro 1679–1682 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Daimyō of Yokosuka 1682–1713 | Succeeded by |