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Following Hideyoshi's death in 1598, and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'s subsequent rise to power, Shô Nei was asked by Satsuma to formally submit to the new shogunate, a request which was also ignored.

Following Hideyoshi's death in 1598, and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'s subsequent rise to power, Shô Nei was asked by Satsuma to formally submit to the new shogunate, a request which was also ignored.

Satsuma invaded Ryûkyû in the beginning of 1609, and Shô Nei surrendered on the fifth day of the fourth lunar month<ref name=Smits>Smits, Gregory (1999). ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp15–19.</ref>. Shô Nei was taken, along with a number of his officials, to [[Sunpu]] to meet with the retired [[Shogun]] Tokugawa Ieyasu, then to [[Edo]] for a formal audience with Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], and then to [[Kagoshima]], where he was forced to formally surrender and to declare a number of oaths to the Shimazu clan. At Edo, the shogun stated that Shô Nei should be allowed to remain in power due to the long history of his line's rule over the islands<ref name=Smits/>.

Satsuma invaded Ryûkyû in the beginning of 1609, and Shô Nei surrendered on the fifth day of the fourth lunar month<ref name=Smits>Smits, Gregory (1999). ''Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics''. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp15–19.</ref>. Shô Nei was taken, along with a number of his officials, to [[Sunpu]] to meet with the retired [[Shogun]] Tokugawa Ieyasu,<ref>A record of the ritual procedures (式覚, ''shiki no oboe'') observed in this meeting is held at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives.</ref> then to [[Edo]] for a formal audience with Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], and then to [[Kagoshima]], where he was forced to formally surrender and to declare a number of oaths to the Shimazu clan. At Edo, the shogun stated that Shô Nei should be allowed to remain in power due to the long history of his line's rule over the islands<ref name=Smits/>.

This marked the first time the ruler of a foreign country had come to Japan<ref>Kerr. p160.</ref>, and [[Shimazu Tadatsune]], the lord of Satsuma, made sure to take advantage of the political value of the occasion for himself. His successors would continue to make use of their status as the only ''daimyô'' to have a foreign king as a vassal to secure for themselves greater political privileges, stipends, and court ranking. In 1611, two years after the invasion, the king returned to his castle at [[Shuri]] once Tadatsune and his advisors were satisfied that he would uphold the oaths he had sworn.

This marked the first time the ruler of a foreign country had come to Japan<ref>Kerr. p160.</ref>, and [[Shimazu Tadatsune]], the lord of Satsuma, made sure to take advantage of the political value of the occasion for himself. His successors would continue to make use of their status as the only ''daimyô'' to have a foreign king as a vassal to secure for themselves greater political privileges, stipends, and court ranking. In 1611, two years after the invasion, the king returned to his castle at [[Shuri]] once Tadatsune and his advisors were satisfied that he would uphold the oaths he had sworn.