Nagashige Niwa

Japanese: 丹羽長重 - にわ・ながしげ

Year of death: 1637.4.30
Year of birth: 1571
A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. Son of Nagahide. His mother was the adopted daughter (niece) of Oda Nobunaga. His childhood name was Nabe. He was commonly known as Gorozaemon. In 1585 (Tensho 13), he inherited most of his father's territory, Echizen Province (Fukui Prefecture), and Nomi County, Kaga Province (Ishikawa Prefecture), but in the same year and in 1586, due to his vassals' violation of military discipline, his territories were confiscated by Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi, and he was reduced to 40,000 koku in Wakasa and then Matsuto, Kaga Province. However, as a result of his subsequent participation in the Siege of Odawara and the Korean Expedition, in 1598 (Keicho 3), he was granted an additional 85,000 koku in Ishikawa and Nomi County, Kaga Province, and moved to Komatsu Castle (Komatsu City), where he rose to the rank of Junior Third Rank and Councillor. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1615, he was fighting against Maeda Toshinaga in Kaga and did not take part in the campaign, so his land was confiscated and he was forced to live in seclusion in Shinagawa, Edo, but in 1616, through the good offices of Tokugawa Hidetada, who had been a long-time friend, he was given 10,000 koku in Furuwatari, Hitachi Province (Sakuragawa Village, Ibaraki Prefecture). After that, in 1619 (Genna 5), he was given an additional 10,000 koku, and in 1620, he was given an additional 30,000 koku and moved to Tanagura, Mutsu Province (Tanagura Town, Fukushima Prefecture), and in 1627, he was given over 100,000 koku in the four counties of Shirakawa, Ishikawa, Tamura, and Iwase in Mutsu Province, becoming the lord of Shirakawa Castle (Shirakawa City).

(Akira Kawamura)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：寛永14.閏3.6(1637.4.30)
生年：元亀2(1571)
安土桃山・江戸初期の武将。長秀の子。母は織田信長の養女(姪)。幼名鍋。通称五郎左衛門。天正13(1585)年,父の遺領越前国(福井県)の大部分と加賀国(石川県)能美郡を継いだが,家臣の軍律違反により同年,同15年と羽柴(豊臣)秀吉から相次いで所領を没収され,若狭,次いで加賀国松任4万石に減封された。しかし,その後小田原攻めや朝鮮出兵などに参加した結果,慶長3(1598)年,加賀国石川・能美両郡に8万5000石余を加増されて小松城(小松市)に移り,従三位,参議に上った。同5年の関ケ原の戦では前田利長と加賀で戦っていて参陣しなかったため所領を没収され江戸品川に蟄居したが,同8年,かねてから懇意だった徳川秀忠の斡旋で,常陸国古渡(茨城県桜川村)に1万石を与えられた。その後元和5(1619)年1万石,同8年に3万石を加増されて陸奥国棚倉(福島県棚倉町)に移り,寛永4(1627)年には陸奥国白川・石川・田村・岩瀬4郡に10万石余を得て白河城(白河市)城主となった。

(河村昭一)

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