Niwa Nagahide
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Niwa Nagahide (丹羽 長秀, 1535 – 1585) was a Japanese samurai who served one of Oda Nobunaga's senior retainers during the late Sengoku period before becoming a daimyō in his own right.[1] As the head of the Niwa clan, Nagahide controlled Wakasa and spent his time there when he was not needed in battles.[2]
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Nagahide was born on 16 October 1535 in Aichi District, Owari. In his youth, he began serving under Oda Nobunaga, fighting alongside and under him from as early as 1552.[1] In 1573, he help Nobunaga's eliminate the Asakura clan by killing the late Asakura Yoshikage's son and heir Aiomaru;[3] in recognition of his service, Nobunaga entrusted the Asakura's former territory of Wakasa to Nagahide.[4]
In 1581, Nagahide was present at a generals' meeting with Nobunaga and his new samurai Yasuke, where they discussed the recent shinobi assassination attempt on the daimyō. Nagahide and the group watched as Hashiba Hideyoshi arrived shortly after, presenting the head of the defeated Bessho Nagaharu from Harima. The generals later discussed the region of Iga, which had remained a thorn in Nobunaga's side over the past few years. Ultimately, the decision was made to invade the region and bring it under Nobunaga's control, after Oda Nobukatsu's failed invasion two years ago.[5]
Nagahide was one of the generals involved in the conquest of Iga,[2] and a few months later, led a campaign in Shikoku.[1] In June 1582, upon learning of Nobunaga's betrayal and death at the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide in Honnō-ji, Nagahide immediately ended his campaign and returned to Azuchi Castle, where he met up with the remainder of Nobunaga's followers. Having borne witness to Mori Ranmaru's act of seppuku, Nagahide was reunited with Yasuke and brought him to see the urn holding Ranmaru's remains. When Yasuke asked about Tokugawa Ieyasu's whereabouts, Nagahide directed him to Yamashiro where he would find the general, while he himself had to return to Wakasa to attend to troubles in the region. After Yasuke bid him farewell, Nagahide left the castle and returned to Wakasa.[5]
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