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invaded Ryukyu and captured the strategically important

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. He went there to request a peace negotiation together with Kikuin and

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, but was rejected and had to return to

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's surrender, he was taken to

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together with the king and a number of high officials by Satsuma troops. The king felt very depressed in the journey, and Yuntanza comforted him several times.''

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received him, and gave him a ''

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as his hereditary fief, but was rejected by Yuntanza because an aristocrat owned such a big island was unprecedented and unacceptable. Tsuken began to have a grudge against him. In 1616, Uezu Seishō (), the eldest son of Yuntanza, was ordered to construct the Taba harbor () together with Tsuken and Goeku Chōshu (). Tsuken accused Uezu Seishō of gross misconduct. Uezu and Yuntanza were removed from their positions and lost their peerages. Heard about this incident,

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ordered them to go to Satsuma. Iehisa found Yuntanza and Uezu were innocent. They regained their positions and peerages soon. King Shō Nei died in 1620 without heir. The king had an adopted son,

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(, also known as Prince Urasoe Chōryō ), but he was too young to succeed the throne. Yuntanza suggested that Shō Kyō's father

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should be the new king. Many ministers supported him but concerned about reaction of Satsuma. Yuntanza went to Satsuma to report this decision. Finally, Satsuma recognized Shō Hō as the new king, and dispatched a mission to celebrate his coronation. Yuntanza retired in 1623.

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