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* ''Distinction: [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer''

* ''Distinction: [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer''

Nagashige was a son of [[Niwa Nagahide]] and was born on 11 May [[1571]]. He participated in the [[Komaki Campaign]] in place of his ill father and engaged the forces of [[Sasa Narimasa]]. Following Nagahide's death, Nagashige was transferred to a 40,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief in [[Kaga province]], thus considerably reducing the power of the [[Niwa clan]], though [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] ulterior motives for doing so are unclear. His domain, based at [[Komatsu castle|Komatsu]], was increased to 100,000 ''koku'' in [[1598]]. He elected to side with [[Ishida Mitsunari]] and fought against [[Maeda Toshinaga]]. After the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] victory he was deprived of his holdings but nonetheless went on to distinguish himself on the Tokugawa side at the [[Osaka Campaign|Osaka Castle Campaigns]]. For this service he was given a 10,000 koku fief at [[Futto]] in [[Hitachi province]]. Niwa was named to the post of ''sangi'' (councilor) in [[1632]], and as a result was sometimes referred to as Niwa Saishô.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 281n41.</ref> He died on 1 April 1637.  

Nagashige was a son of [[Niwa Nagahide]] and was born on 11 May [[1571]]. He participated in the [[Komaki Campaign]] in place of his ill father and engaged the forces of [[Sasa Narimasa]]. Following Nagahide's death, Nagashige was transferred to a 40,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief in [[Kaga province]], thus considerably reducing the power of the [[Niwa clan]], though [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] ulterior motives for doing so are unclear. His domain, based at [[Komatsu castle|Komatsu]], was increased to 100,000 ''koku'' in [[1598]]. He elected to side with [[Ishida Mitsunari]] and fought against [[Maeda Toshinaga]]. After the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] victory he was deprived of his holdings but nonetheless went on to distinguish himself on the Tokugawa side at the [[Osaka Campaign|Osaka Castle Campaigns]]. For this service he was given a 10,000 ''koku'' fief at [[Futto han|Futto]]<!--古渡--> in [[Hitachi province]]. He was then moved to [[Shirakawa han]] in [[1627]].<ref>Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Sankin kôtai'', Kodansha gendai shinsho (1998), 192.</ref> Niwa was named to the post of ''sangi'' (councilor) in [[1632]], and as a result was sometimes referred to as Niwa Saishô.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 281n41.</ref> He died on 1 April 1637.  

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