Nishio Tadaatsu

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Viscount Nishio Tadaatsu (西尾忠篤, Nishio Tadaatsu^?) (1850-November 5, 1910) was a Japanese daimyo who was the last ruler of the Yokosuka domain (and then the Hanabusa Domain) in the late Edo period. The son of Nishio Tadasaka, he became daimyo of Yokosuka after his father's death in 1861. During the Boshin War, Tadaatsu's retainers were divided as to whether or not they should support the former shogunate (as their lord was a fudai), or join forces with the new imperial government. Thanks to the persuasion of Yaso Tomiho and Aoyama Zen'ichirō, the pro-shogunate elements in Yokosuka dropped their objections, and the Yokosuka domain peacefully submitted to the imperial army and assisted the Kyoto government. Later that year, due to Tokugawa Iesato's entry into the Tokaido region as daimyo of the newly created Sunpu Domain, Tadaatsu was moved to Hanabusa, in Awa Province. Tadaatsu ruled Hanabusa as daimyo until 1869, when he was made han chiji (domainal governor). He finally left Hanabusa after the abolition of the domains, in 1871, and relocated to Tokyo. He was later created viscount.

Tadaatsu died in 1910, at age 61.

Preceded by Nishio Tadasaka	8th Lord of Yokosuka (Nishio) 1861-1868	Succeeded by none
Preceded by none	First Lord of Hanabusa (Nishio) 1868-1871	Succeeded by none (domain abolished)