1923 Great Kantō earthquake people in Tokyo and other areas, causing major tsunamis, and creating major firestorms. In the film adaptation of "Japan Sinks", "Nihon Chinbotsu", the Sagami Trough ruptures in a massive earthquake called "The Second Great Kanto Earthquake". In the manga (comic) adaptation of "Japan Sinks", the Second Kantō Earthquake killed over five million. In the historical fantasy novel "Teito Monogatari" (Hiroshi Aramata) a supernatural explanation is given for the cause of the Great Kantō earthquake, connecting it with the principles of feng shui. In Oswald Wynd's novel "The Ginger Tree", Mary Mackenzie survives the earthquake, and later bases her clothes designing
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