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He led troops at the [[Osaka Winter Campaign]] and was on his way to join the [[Osaka Summer Campaign]] with 13,000 troops but arrived after the castle had fallen. He won favor with the [[Tokugawa Bakufu]] in [[1609]] by sending an expedition to [[kingdom of Ryukyu|Okinawa]] that resulted in the king of that island being brought to Edo and tribute given.  

He led troops at the [[Osaka Winter Campaign]] and was on his way to join the [[Osaka Summer Campaign]] with 13,000 troops but arrived after the castle had fallen. He won favor with the [[Tokugawa Bakufu]] in [[1609]] by sending an expedition to [[kingdom of Ryukyu|Okinawa]] that resulted in the king of that island being brought to Edo and tribute given.  

Iehisa rose through the [[court ranks]] over the course of his career; in [[1599]] he held the title of [[ritsuryo|Minor Captain]] (少将, ''shôshô'') and the Lower Senior Fourth Rank. He was named Royal Advisor and concurrently Middle Captain (参議兼中将) in [[1617]], and was then raised to the title of ''Chûnagon'' and to the Junior Third Rank in [[1626]].<ref>Kamiya Nobuyuki, ''Ryûkyû to Nihon, Chûgoku'' 琉球と日本・中国, Yamakawa Shuppansha (2008), 62.</ref>

Iehisa rose through the [[court ranks]] over the course of his career; in [[1599]] he held the title of [[ritsuryo|Minor Captain]] (少将, ''shôshô'') and the Lower Senior Fourth Rank. He was named Royal Advisor and concurrently Middle Captain (参議兼中将) in [[1617]], and was then raised to the title of ''Chûnagon'' and to the Junior Third Rank in [[1626]].<ref>Kamiya Nobuyuki, ''Ryûkyû to Nihon, Chûgoku'' 琉球と日本・中国, Yamakawa Shuppansha (2008), 62.</ref> This was the highest [[court rank]] any Shimazu lord would achieve in the Edo period.<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 101.</ref>

 

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