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Following the [[1863]] [[Bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, in which much of the city was destroyed, Tadayoshi successfully represented to the Imperial Court that he had acted in accordance with the edict issued two months earlier by [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] to [[joi|expel the barbarians]], driving the British ships away from Kagoshima in the end.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 194-195.</ref>
Following the [[1863]] [[Bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, in which much of the city was destroyed, Tadayoshi successfully represented to the Imperial Court that he had acted in accordance with the edict issued two months earlier by [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] to [[joi|expel the barbarians]], driving the British ships away from Kagoshima in the end.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 194-195.</ref>
Unlike many ''daimyô'', who adopted Western/modern ways quite quickly into the Bakumatsu or Meiji periods, Tadayoshi is known for having maintained his topknot (''[[chonmage]]''), samurai dress, and other aspects of samurai lifestyle far into the Meiji period.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.</ref> His [[Sengan'en|residence at Iso]], similarly, is very much in the style of traditional Edo period elite samurai architecture and decor, albeit with some modern/Western-style accommodations for entertaining guests.
Unlike many ''daimyô'', who adopted Western/modern ways quite quickly into the Bakumatsu or Meiji periods, Tadayoshi is known for having maintained his topknot (''[[chonmage]]''), samurai dress, and other aspects of samurai lifestyle far into the Meiji period.<ref name=shoko>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.</ref> His [[Sengan'en|residence at Iso]], similarly, is very much in the style of traditional Edo period elite samurai architecture and decor, albeit with some modern/Western-style accommodations for entertaining guests.
He married two daughters of Shimazu Nariakira, [[Teru-hime]], and later [[Yasu-hime]].<ref>''Kaiyô kokka Satsuma'' 海洋国家薩摩, Kagoshima: Shôkoshûseikan (2010), 58-59.</ref>
He married two daughters of Shimazu Nariakira, [[Teru-hime]], and later [[Yasu-hime]].<ref>''Kaiyô kokka Satsuma'' 海洋国家薩摩, Kagoshima: Shôkoshûseikan (2010), 58-59.</ref>
Tadayoshi moved to [[Tokyo]] in [[1877]], but had the Iso Palace renovated in [[1884]], and lived there from [[1888]] until his death in [[1897]].<ref name=shoko/>
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