Niwa clan

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The Niwa kamon.

The Niwa of Owari province were descended from the Kodama family. They came to serve the Oda and during the time of Nobunaga rose to some prominence. They lost a good deal of their influence after the death of Nobunaga but survived into the Edo Period as daimyô.