Claim: The Tokugawa shogunate ordered Nabeshima Naotada to take responsibility for the defenses of the Nagasaki area in 1854, then in 1864, he was ordered to participate in the First Chōshū expedition and contributed 1000 soldiers to the Tokugawa army.
Evidence: In 1854, he was ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate to take responsibility of the defenses of the Nagasaki area against possible incursions by foreign ships, and was forced to raise and train troops, and build coastal defense fortifications. In 1864, he was ordered to participate in the First Chōshū expedition, and contributed 1000 soldiers to the Tokugawa army.