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After a failed attempt at negotiations at [[Nakijin]], where he and his team were simply rebuffed and did not meet with General [[Kabayama Hisataka]] at all, Kyan tried again to negotiate with the invaders at [[Yomitan]] and was rebuffed again. He then sought to return to Shuri by ship, but storms forced his boat to make port at [[Makiminato]]. Kyan returned to Shuri on foot, witnessing the burning of villages by the invading forces as he made his way back through torrential rain<ref>Turnbull, Stephen. ''The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2009. pp37-38.</ref>. Once [[Shuri castle]] itself was under attack, further attempts at negotiation were considered but ultimately not undertaken, as it was decided it was too late<ref>Turnbull. p44.</ref>.

After a failed attempt at negotiations at [[Nakijin]], where he and his team were simply rebuffed and did not meet with General [[Kabayama Hisataka]] at all, Kyan tried again to negotiate with the invaders at [[Yomitan]] and was rebuffed again. He then sought to return to Shuri by ship, but storms forced his boat to make port at [[Makiminato]]. Kyan returned to Shuri on foot, witnessing the burning of villages by the invading forces as he made his way back through torrential rain<ref>Turnbull, Stephen. ''The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2009. pp37-38.</ref>. Once [[Shuri castle]] itself was under attack, further attempts at negotiation were considered but ultimately not undertaken, as it was decided it was too late<ref>Turnbull. p44.</ref>.

After the fall of [[Shuri]] and the capture of King Shô Nei, Kyan was one of a number of officials who were taken, along with the king, to [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Sunpu]], and [[Edo]]. His ''Kyan nikki'' ("Diary of Kyan"), written sometime in the early 1620s,<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo he iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！, Okinawa Prefectural Museum (2009), 47.</ref> covers in detail roughly two and half years, from the invasion through the king's return to Ryûkyû in [[1611]]. The original copy of this diary is now held at the [[University of the Ryukyus]]; no manuscript copies of the text seem to have circulated in early modern Japan, and the diary is not mentioned in other literature.<ref>Yokoyama, 57.</ref>

After the fall of [[Shuri]] and the capture of King Shô Nei, Kyan was one of a number of officials who were taken, along with the king, to [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Sunpu]], and [[Edo]]. His ''Kyan nikki'' ("Diary of Kyan"), written sometime in the 1620s-1630s,<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 225.</ref> covers in detail roughly two and half years, from 1609/3 to [[1611]]/10, including extensive treatment of the invasion through the king's later return to Ryûkyû. The original copy of this diary is now held at the [[University of the Ryukyus]]; no manuscript copies of the text seem to have circulated in early modern Japan, and the diary is not mentioned in other literature.<ref>Yokoyama, 57.</ref>

Following their return, Kyan was made head of tea ceremony (''sadô gashira''),<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 208.</ref> and was eventually granted the rank & title of ''ueekata''.

Following their return, Kyan was made head of tea ceremony (''sadô gashira''),<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 208.</ref> and was eventually granted the rank & title of ''ueekata''.