sawarabi

Scenes

1. 1After the eldest sister's death, the mountain acarya sends the lonely middle sister a basket of bracken and horsetails with a letter.
2. 2Visiting Prince Niou, who plucks the koto before the garden's red plums, Kaoru breaks off a red plum branch and recites a poem to him.
3. 3The middle sister, moving to Prince Niou's in the capital, grieves for the eldest; Kaoru visits and looks through the hole in the sliding door where he once glimpsed the princesses, but cannot see inside.
4. 4The middle sister grieves over parting with the nun Ben before going up to the capital.