Based on the data I've compiled, I'd make the Saigu something like this:
Saigu, E1A1N1H2 + 1xFF/AA/WW/EE/NN + .1xFAWEN, 340gp, Immune to Seduction, Healing 50%, barely old(-1 stats), Map Move-1
Now her cost is strickly average and she's like a cross between the Celestial Master and the Imperial Alchemist. This is especially appropriate because the Imperial Alchemist has a similar FAWEN path theme as well as healing. She is sacred and can hit A/E/N3 60% of the time which justifies her being more expensive and slower than the Imperial Alchemist. Plus, one of T'ien Ch'i's themes is "cheaper than average mages with low, diverse paths", so it makes sense that Jomon's capstone mage is a bit costlier.
The fact that Jomon has weak priests but seemingly decent sacred units doesn't matter so much since that sacred is an archer so you can stick the lowly H1 blessing them well out of harms way while they pepper the enemy from afar.
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Originally Posted by legowarrior
The more that I think about it, the more I want her to be the same price as the Celestial Master.
H:2, F:1, A:1, W:1, E:1, N:1 + FAWEN x 110%?
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Realize that the Celestial Master is cheaper than he "should" be. Having cheap, diverse mages is T'ien Ch'i's schtick. Based on the average, the Celestial Master should cost 380gp. Similarly, the greatest mage of the entire age is the Bakemono Sorcerer. He's got more non-divine paths than any other caster (9.1), is sacred, recruit-anywhere!!!, map move-2, costs only 300gp, reliably hits a 3 in one path and is tougher than your average mage. Having hands-down the greatest mage of the era, cheap and recruit-anywhere is one of the things which defines Shinuyama. Both those nations defy the averages for the age because of the larger context of their nation making that okay.
As such, think on the larger context of MA Jomon and what the Saigu is meant to inhabit before you start trying to fine-tune its stats.