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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.
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.
As a result of repeatedly requesting permission from the shogunate to postpone ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations in [[1862]]-[[1865]] for a variety of reasons, in the end Tadayoshi became one of a relatively few ''daimyô'' in the entire [[Edo period]] who never performed ''sankin kôtai'' during his time as Lord.<ref>Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 377.</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>
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>