SHlGEKO'S DOSSIER: I have exiled no fewer than three of Sharp's employees for opium smuggling - the last one he gave up voluntarily, mouthing sentiments about wanting to "clean his house," but I suspect he was simply making a pretense to save his own skin. He is a vassal of Bayushi Korechika (P5), who is a loud and belligerent defender of his merchant interests.
Sharp owns a number of barges and specializes in moving goods up and down the coast between the Scorpion domains and the Crab lands. To complicate matters, he also has a legitimate license to transport raw opium down the river for medicinal purposes. I have pressured Yogo Osako (P10) not to renew his license, but against my wishes she has done so.