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was a daimyō in mid-Edo period Japan, who ruled Yokosuka Domain in Tōtōmi Province. He also served as an official within the administration of Tokugawa Shogunate, rising through the ranks first as ''Sōshaban,'' ''Jisha-bugyō'', ''Wakadoshiyori'', and finally to the position of ''Rōjū''. ==Biography== Tadanao was the fourth son of Nishio Tadanari, the first daimyō of the Nishio clan at Yokosuka Domain. He was recognized as heir apparent in 1696 and granted courtesy rank and title〔http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/108.html〕 of junior 5th court rank, lower grade (''ju go i no ge'' 従五位下), and ''Harima no Kami'' in 1703. He became clan leader upon his father's retirement in 1713. In the same year, he received his father's former courtesy title, ''Oki no Kami''. Tadanao entered the service of the Tokugawa administration in the spring of 1732, with his appointment to the offices of ''Sōshaban'' and ''Jisha-bugyō''. After two years in these positions, he was promoted to ''wakadoshiyori''. In 1745, his court rank was raised to junior 4th, lower grade (''ju shi i no ge'' 従四位下), and his domain increased by 5,000 ''koku'' to 30,000 ''koku''. The following summer, he was made a ''rōjū'' in the service of Shogun Tokugawa Ieshige, and served in the position until 1747.〔Tadanao was also granted the additional courtesy title of ''jijū'' (侍従)〕 His domains were further expanded by another 5,000 ''koku'' in 1749, bringing Yokosuka Domain to 35,000 ''koku'' in size. Tadanao resumed his service as ''rōjū'' in 1751, but fell ill in the spring of 1760, while still serving as ''rōjū''. He did not recover from his illness, and died at Tatsunokuchi, in Edo, a few days later. He was 72 years old. His grave is located at the Nishio clan temple of Ryumin-ji in modern Kakegawa, Shizuoka. Tadanao's official wife was a daughter of Kyōgoku Takatoyo, the daimyō of Marugame Domain in Sanuki province, but he had no son. His adopted son Tadamitsu succeeded him as daimyō of Yokosuka and head of the Nishio clan. Tadanao, like his father Tadanari, is remembered as a patron of culture and the arts. The ''Enshu-Yokosuka San-Kumano Taisai'' festival, still held every year during a week in April, was started by Tadanao, who spent much time in Edo and wished to bring something of its culture to Yokosuka. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nishio Tadanao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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