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Responsible for the economic supervision of his own estate, Makabe Chaan was very familiar with the actual financial management of the upper class. It is said that because of Makabe’s shrewd business talent his family was able to survive and prosper, in spite of the government’s unstable financial circumstances. Yet, in the midst of a dwindling economy, Makabe Chaan was still known as the most outstanding bushi of his time. It is even said that the Satsuma bureaucrats recognized Makabe Chaan as Okinawa’s foremost bushi.

Although the old castle town of Shuri seemed to be a relatively peaceful place in which to travel, Satsuma magistrates often had stones hurled at them, and were sometimes attacked in the dark of night. Every time an incident of this nature occurred, the finger of blame was pointed towards men like Makabe. For even though he may not have been the actual culprit, Satsuma officials suspected that anyone brave enough to attempt such a thing must have been trained by someone like Makabe.