Nishio Tadayoshi

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Nishio Tadayoshi (西尾忠善, Nishio Tadayoshi^?) (1768-January 30, 1831) was a Japanese daimyo who ruled the Yokosuka domain, and lived from the mid to late Edo period. He was the fourth son of Makino Sadanaga, Lord of the Kasama Domain (Hitachi Province). He became the adopted heir of the Yokosuka daimyo, Nishio Tadayuki, in 1783; Tadayoshi became daimyo after his adoptive father's death in 1801.

Tadayoshi became a sōshaban (master of ceremony) in the shogunate in 1806. He encouraged learning amongst his retainers, founding the domain school, Shūdōkan (修道館), in 1811. He invited the 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 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-chō on January 30, 1831, at age 63.