Sotoba Komachi

Sotoba Komachi is a Noh play written by Kan'ami.[1]

Plot

It consists of a conversation between two priests and a 99-year-old lady at a Buddhist shrine. She later admits that she is the famed waka poet Ono no Komachi. She is then possessed by Captain Fukakusa (one of Komachi’s suitors) angry spirit and confesses him visiting Komachi for 99 nights in order to earn her love but lacking one and dying in agony.

See also

References
  1. "Sotoba Komachi". jti.lib.virginia.edu.
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