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During the invasion, alongside [[Tomigusuku Seizoku]], he commanded a force of 3000 men in the defense of the harbor of [[Naha]], successfully repulsing the Satsuma approach by ship.<ref>Turnbull. p19.</ref> The samurai, however, simply made landfall elsewhere, and marched overland to seize [[Shuri castle]], the royal palace. When they heard of the attack on [[Shuri]], Tei Dô and Tomigusuku began moving their troops from Naha in order to ward off the attack, but in the end they were too late.<ref>Turnbull. p44.</ref>

During the invasion, alongside [[Tomigusuku Seizoku]], he commanded a force of 3000 men in the defense of the harbor of [[Naha]], successfully repulsing the Satsuma approach by ship.<ref>Turnbull. p19.</ref> The samurai, however, simply made landfall elsewhere, and marched overland to seize [[Shuri castle]], the royal palace. When they heard of the attack on [[Shuri]], Tei Dô and Tomigusuku began moving their troops from Naha in order to ward off the attack, but in the end they were too late.<ref>Turnbull. p44.</ref>

After the kingdom's defeat, the king and his advisors were taken to [[Kagoshima]], where they were forced to sign a number of oaths, swearing their loyalty and fealty to Satsuma. Among these were agreement to Satsuma's version of history, in which Ryûkyû had been beholden to Satsuma since the very beginning of the 13th century, and was deficient in its fulfillment of its obligations to Satsuma, thus bringing this invasion, colored by Satsuma as a punitary mission, upon itself; the advisors were also required to swear their loyalty to Satsuma over loyalty to their own king, agreeing to turn against the king under certain circumstances. Only Tei Dô refused to sign. As a result, Satsuma samurai beheaded him on the spot.

After the kingdom's defeat, the king and his advisors were taken to [[Kagoshima]], where they were forced to sign a number of oaths, swearing their loyalty and fealty to Satsuma. Among these were agreement to Satsuma's version of history, in which Ryûkyû had been beholden to Satsuma since the very beginning of the 13th century, and was deficient in its fulfillment of its obligations to Satsuma, thus bringing this invasion, colored by Satsuma as a punitive mission, upon itself; the advisors were also required to swear their loyalty to Satsuma over loyalty to their own king, agreeing to turn against the king under certain circumstances. Only Tei Dô refused to sign. As a result, Satsuma samurai beheaded him on the spot.

Many Ryukyuan chronicles and other primary sources evidence a strong bias against Jana ''ueekata'', alleging that it was on his advice that the king pursued the path which led to the Japanese invasion and the conquest of the kingdom. It is said that Jana ''ueekata'' was particularly rude in his response to requests from [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] that Ryûkyû contribute to Hideyoshi's efforts to [[Korean Invasions|invade Korea]] in the 1590s, and that in various other ways it was Jana ''ueekata's'' fault that tensions between Ryûkyû and Japan rose, eventually leading to the Japanese decision to invade. As Jana ''ueekata'' is also known for having been particularly pro-China in his leanings, it is possible that he was politically unpopular among certain factions of officials, or that he was more generally outside of the political mainstream, thus inviting the disfavor of those who wrote the histories of the kingdom. Further, some sources indicate that his behavior in Kagoshima was particularly dishonorable or otherwise inappropriate, in the manner in which he refused to sign the oaths demanded of the king and his advisors.

Many Ryukyuan chronicles and other primary sources evidence a strong bias against Jana ''ueekata'', alleging that it was on his advice that the king pursued the path which led to the Japanese invasion and the conquest of the kingdom. It is said that Jana ''ueekata'' was particularly rude in his response to requests from [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] that Ryûkyû contribute to Hideyoshi's efforts to [[Korean Invasions|invade Korea]] in the 1590s, and that in various other ways it was Jana ''ueekata's'' fault that tensions between Ryûkyû and Japan rose, eventually leading to the Japanese decision to invade. As Jana ''ueekata'' is also known for having been particularly pro-China in his leanings, it is possible that he was politically unpopular among certain factions of officials, or that he was more generally outside of the political mainstream, thus inviting the disfavor of those who wrote the histories of the kingdom. Further, some sources indicate that his behavior in Kagoshima was particularly dishonorable or otherwise inappropriate, in the manner in which he refused to sign the oaths demanded of the king and his advisors.