SHlGEKO'S DOSSIER: His father is Shinjo Yoshifijsa. He 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 has been able to lure some of their vassals away.
Their most important and prosperous investment is the House
of Foreign Stories. 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 tomanage their vassal Magda 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.