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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]].

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 on [[1858]]/7/16, Tadayoshi succeeded him as ''daimyô'', officially taking the position on 1858/12/28; 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 on [[1858]]/7/16, Tadayoshi succeeded him as ''daimyô'', officially taking the position on 1858/12/28; 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 took a moderate and cautious approach in contrast to the radical factions which began to emerge in Satsuma at that time.<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), 300.</ref> While nominally honoring and supporting the will of the late Nariakira, Hisamitsu & Tadayoshi for the most part acted in strong support of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and of samurai privilege through the Bakumatsu and into the Meiji period.

Tadayoshi was granted an audience with the new shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] on [[1859]]/2/7, and was granted the honor of taking one syllable from the shogun's name, changing his own name to Mochihisa. He would later change his name to Tadayoshi, however, on [[1868]]/1/16, and this is the name by which he is most typically known.<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), 295.</ref>

Tadayoshi was granted an audience with the new shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] on [[1859]]/2/7, and was granted the honor of taking one syllable from the shogun's name, changing his own name to Mochihisa. He would later change his name to Tadayoshi, however, on [[1868]]/1/16, and this is the name by which he is most typically known.<ref>Tinello, 295.</ref>

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>Tinello, 377.</ref>

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>Tinello, 377.</ref>