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::''This article is about the Bakumatsu/Meiji era daimyô. For others by the same name, see [[Shimazu Tadayoshi (disambig)]].''
*''Born: [[1840]]''
*''Died: [[1897]]''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]忠義 ''(Shimazu Tadayoshi)''
Shimazu Tadayoshi was the 12th and last [[Edo period]] ''daimyô'' of [[Satsuma han]]. He was the son of [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], adopted son of [[Shimazu Nariakira]], and is counted as the 29th head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
Upon Nariakira's death in [[1858]], Tadayoshi succeeded him as ''daimyô''; his father Hisamitsu served initially as regent, wielding considerable power over domainal affairs in place of his son. Acting in his son's name, Hisamitsu reversed many of Nariakira's policies, especially those pertaining to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], and acted in strong support of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and of samurai privilege through the Bakumatsu and into the Meiji period.
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.
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>
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|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Shimazu Nariakira]]
|width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Satsuma han]]'''<br> [[1858]]-[[1871]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''None'''
|}
</center>
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Born: [[1840]]''
*''Died: [[1897]]''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]忠義 ''(Shimazu Tadayoshi)''
Shimazu Tadayoshi was the 12th and last [[Edo period]] ''daimyô'' of [[Satsuma han]]. He was the son of [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], adopted son of [[Shimazu Nariakira]], and is counted as the 29th head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
Upon Nariakira's death in [[1858]], Tadayoshi succeeded him as ''daimyô''; his father Hisamitsu served initially as regent, wielding considerable power over domainal affairs in place of his son. Acting in his son's name, Hisamitsu reversed many of Nariakira's policies, especially those pertaining to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], and acted in strong support of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and of samurai privilege through the Bakumatsu and into the Meiji period.
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.
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>
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Shimazu Nariakira]]
|width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Satsuma han]]'''<br> [[1858]]-[[1871]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''None'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]