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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|Kaga]], thus considerably reducing the power of the [[Niwa clan|Niwa]], though [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi's]] ulterior motivations for doing so are unclear. His domain, based at [[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 Campaigns|Osaka Castle Campaigns]]. For this service he was given a 10,000 koku fief at [[Futto]] in [[Hitachi province]]. 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|Kaga]], thus considerably reducing the power of the [[Niwa clan|Niwa]], though [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi's]] ulterior motivations for doing so are unclear. His domain, based at [[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]]. He died on 1 April 1637.  

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