Tada Yoshitoshi

was a Japanese samurai and scholar of kokugaku, known during his lifetime as an expert on ancient court ceremonial practices. He published ehon under the pen name , and also wrote under the names and . His full official name was .

Biography Tada Yoshitoshi was born in 1698 to a gokenin family affiliated with Tada Shrine in Settsu Province. He was allegedly a descendant of the Heian period warrior-aristocrat Tada Mitsunaka.

He studied Chinese literature as well as the Suika Shinto of Yamazaki Ansai under at Osaka. Tada subsequently became an active teacher of court ceremony and Shinto studies in that city. Later, he travelled to Kyoto to participate in research under the scholar . However, he was expelled by Tsuboi after publishing an essay in which he questioned the credibility of the Kuji Hongi.

Before his death, Tada gained as a disciple of Owari Domain. He died on October 12, 1750.