Lilian May Miller in 1920. After a brief period at the State Department, she returned to Tokyo in 1920. She was in financial ruin after the Great Kanto earthquake of September 1, 1923, when many of her prints and paintings were destroyed. Miller lived with her parents in Seoul, Korea from 1923 until 1927 or 1928. While in Korea, Miller made prints and recuperated over a long period of time from a serious illness. In 1930 Miller returned to Japan and moved to Kyoto. Her father returned to the U.S. and became head of the Far Eastern Department in the State Department, Washington.
1923 Great Kantō earthquake victims; they get back together, and Tousei allows them to. The josei manga and anime "Kasei Yakyoku" (by author Makiko Hirata) also finishes few after the earthquake, as a corollary to the main love triangle between the noblewoman Akiko Hashou, her lover Taka Itou, and Akiko's maid Sara Uchida. The Hashou's big fancy house is destroyed, leading to an emotional confrontation between Akiko and her fiancè Kiyosu Saionji; meanwhile, Sara's humble house in the suburbia is also destroyed and her mother dies of injuries she sustained in the earthquake. In "Urotsukidōji", the confrontation between Amano Jyaku and Suikakujyu with a