Niwa clan

Niwa
Family name
Niwa Nagahide, family head of the Niwa during the Sengoku period
Pronunciation	Niwa
Region of origin	Japanese

The Niwa clan (丹羽氏, Niwa-shi^?) was a Japanese samurai clan which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period. Its members claimed descent from the medieval Kodama family. Famous clan members included Oda Nobunaga's senior retainer Niwa Nagahide, as well as Nagahide's 19th century descendants Niwa Nagatomi, Niwa Nagakuni, and Niwa Nagahiro. Another clan, the Isshiki-Niwa, bears the same name but has no relation.

The Niwa clan were signatories to the pact that created the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei in 1868.

References

• (Japanese)"Niwa-shi" on Harimaya.com (accessed 18 August 2008)
• Onodera, Eikō (2005). Boshin nanboku sensō to Tōhoku seiken. Sendai: Kita no mori.
• Sasaki, Suguru (2002). Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji-ishin. Tokyo: Chuōkōron-shinsha.