The Bonds of the Taisho Era

When he was rich enough to rival a nation, he saw her as a bird in a cage. When he was coughing up blood and close to death, she became his only lifeline. In the final years of the Taisho era, Kyushu's “Coal King,” Ishihara Taizo, falls gravely ill in Tokyo and is betrayed by a trusted aide who runs off with his money. At death's door, the one who saves him is his aristocratic former wife, Kujo Renko, who eloped in anger five years ago after publicly breaking with him. Former enemies reunite at his sickbed. Is this fate's revenge, or a chance at rebirth? When the rough-hewn coal magnate meets the proud, pure-hearted lotus, how will two estranged souls find a home beyond their old grudges amid Tokyo's smoke and warmth?