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Shô Nei and the other hostages were kept in Kagoshima for about a year. On 7/6, Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] sent a formal letter praising Shimazu Tadatsune (Iehisa), Yoshihisa, and [[Shimazu Yoshihiro|Yoshihiro]]for their successful subjugation of the kingdom. Iehisa received a letter that same month from retired shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu acknowledging Ryûkyû as his territory.<ref name=yokoyama40/>

Shô Nei and the other hostages were kept in Kagoshima for about a year. On 7/6, Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] sent a formal letter praising Shimazu Tadatsune (Iehisa), Yoshihisa, and [[Shimazu Yoshihiro|Yoshihiro]]for their successful subjugation of the kingdom. Iehisa received a letter that same month from retired shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu acknowledging Ryûkyû as his territory.<ref name=yokoyama40/>

Iehisa then took Shô Nei and the other hostages to [[Sunpu]] in the summer of [[1610]], where they were granted an audience with Ieyasu on 8/14, before having an audience with Hidetada in [[Edo]] on 8/29.<ref name=yokoyama40/>

Iehisa then took Shô Nei and the other hostages to [[Sunpu]] in the summer of [[1610]], where they were granted an audience with Ieyasu on 8/14, before having an audience with Hidetada and his heir [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]] in [[Edo]] on 8/29.<ref name=yokoyama40/>

They then returned finally to Kagoshima, where on [[1611]]/9/19, the king was forced to more formally surrender and to declare a number of oaths to the Shimazu clan. Over the course of these two years as hostages in Japan, Shô Nei and the other hostages were treated, in some ways at least, as "guests," and were treated to numerous banquets and entertainments.<ref name=sakai>[[Robert Sakai]], "The Ryukyu Islands as a Fief of Satsuma," in [[John K. Fairbank]], ''The Chinese World Order'', Harvard University Press (1968), 112-134.</ref> In 1611, two years after the invasion, the king and the other hostages were permitted to return to Shuri.

They then returned finally to Kagoshima, where on [[1611]]/9/19, the king was forced to more formally surrender and to declare a number of oaths to the Shimazu clan. Over the course of these two years as hostages in Japan, Shô Nei and the other hostages were treated, in some ways at least, as "guests," and were treated to numerous banquets and entertainments.<ref name=sakai>[[Robert Sakai]], "The Ryukyu Islands as a Fief of Satsuma," in [[John K. Fairbank]], ''The Chinese World Order'', Harvard University Press (1968), 112-134.</ref> In 1611, two years after the invasion, the king and the other hostages were permitted to return to Shuri.