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The invasion forces departed Ryûkyû on 5/5, returning to Kagoshima with their 100 or so hostages on 5/25.<ref name=yokoyama40/>

The invasion forces departed Ryûkyû on 5/5, returning to Kagoshima with their 100 or so hostages on 5/25.<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/>

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 (sealed in black ink<ref>Much like the red/vermillion seals (朱印, ''shuin'') used on certain kinds of formal documents, the black seal (墨印, ''bokuin'') similarly lent certain types of documents formality and authority.</ref>) 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 and his heir [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]] 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/>