Senior Oda retainer: Kinai and Wakasa regions
Niwa Nagahide
丹羽長秀
Senior retainer to Oda Nobunaga responsible after the 1568 capital entry for military campaigns, castle acquisition, support of the Oda clan, and mediation between regional powers in the Kinai, Wakasa, and Ise regions. His involvement with Wakasa and Ise was not consistent direct rule but rather periodic military mobilization, castle garrison duties, cooperation with family members, and mediation—which must be understood distinctly. After the Honnō-ji Incident of 1582, he participated in the Kiyosu Conference and contributed to the reorganization of the Oda house centered on the young heir Sanbōshi. Though described as one of the 'Four Bugyo' at Kiyosu, this cannot be considered a fixed official position or permanent deliberative body established since Nobunaga's time.
Sources 小牧市「小牧・長久手の合戦」／岐阜市「岐阜城の歴代城主：織田信孝・織田秀信」／国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション「信長公記」検索
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One of the four senior retainers at the conferenceAfter Oda Nobunaga and his heir Nobutada died at Honnōji, four senior retainers — Shibata Katsuie, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneoki — met at Kiyosu Castle in Owari to settle the Oda succession and the division of Nobunaga's lands. Nobunaga's infant grandson Sanbōshi took the headship; Nobukatsu received Owari and Nobutaka received Mino.
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