Niiro-shi

Japanese: 新納氏 - にいろうじ

A samurai family in southern Kyushu. In 1335 (Kenmu 2), the son of the Shimazu clan's fourth head, Tadamune, who was the guardian of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga, Tokihisa was given the position of land steward of Niinoin in Hyuga Province (currently near Takanabe Town, Koyu County, Miyazaki Prefecture), and took the name of the land from which he held the domain as his surname. At that time, the fifth Shimazu clan, Sadahisa, was newly embarking on the management of Hyuga, and he placed his brothers in Hyuga, establishing branch families including the Niino clan, the Kitago clan and the Kabayama clan. However, Niinoin was soon taken by the Hyuga general Hatakeyama Tadaaki, and the Niino clan made Shibushi Matsuo Castle their residence from around 1557 (Shohei 12, Enbun 2) until 1538 (Tenbun 7).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

南九州の武家。薩摩･大隅･日向守護家島津氏の4代忠宗の子時久は，1335年(建武2)日向国新納院(現，宮崎県児湯郡高鍋町付近)の地頭職を与えられ，その所領地名をとって姓とした。当時島津5代貞久は新しく日向経営にのり出し，兄弟を日向に分置し新納氏のほか北郷氏，樺山氏と分家をたてた。しかし新納院は日向大将畠山直顕（ただあき）にすぐ奪われたので，新納氏は57年(正平12∥延文2)ころから1538年(天文7)まで志布志松尾城を居城とした。

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