SHlGEKO'S DOSSIER: Sanefusa is Yoshifusa's son (P11). Alongside his father, Sanefusa manages a number of merchant vassals. It appears that father and son do not always manage in complete harmony, however. There are persistent stories of one countermanding the decisions of the other. This may be one reason Korechika (P5) has been able to lure some of their vassals away.
Their most important and prosperous investment is the House of Foreign Stories (L22). Significantly, this is the endeavor that Yoshifusa cares least for. (His age and infirmity prevent him from taking the boat to Teardrop Island.) Sanefusa therefore has a free hand to manage their vassal Magda (P47) consistently, if not well.
There are rumors that Magda is Sanefusa's mistress, but these are (of course) difficult to verify. As for Sanefusa himself, he strikes me as a man whose mind and spirit are going east and west. He cannot act decisively because he is perpetually split between two views and cannot bring them together. For example, despite his age he has not married. It is commonly believed that he is waiting until his father dies, so that he will be the head of the Ryoko Owari Unicorns and will be able to make a better match. However, while he has waited, his father has continued to live on and Ide Baranato has ascended in influence until he is the local clan chief in all but name.
At the welcoming banquet he seemed distracted by something, but stated that he was merely concerned by business affairs. He invited Akodo Tadashi to come visit the geisha house his family owns, the House of Foreign Stories, devoted to gaijin women and offering to make the appropriate introductions to its okaasan, Magda.