O Koma San

Olahi Danjuro, the young Prince of Satsuma, meets a dainty geisha, O Koma San. He finds her charming. Both soon become enmeshed in Cupid's net. As their lovemaking progresses, the Prince is recalled to Tokio by an order from the Emperor. O Koma San is heart-broken at the prospect of an indefinite separation. She is somewhat reconciled when the Prince swears on the fan and dagger, given him by his father, that he will return within a year. Time passes and the Prince doesn't return. Despairing, the little geisha goes to Tokio with the baby born of the love that had come to such an abrupt end. On the threshold of Oishi's palace she learns that the Prince has married the young Princess Fujiwara. The geisha forces her way into the palace and faces her rival, the princess. Overcome with jealous rage, the wronged girl threatens the life of the Princess. Anguish and hopelessness in her heart, Koma turns the dagger with which she had threatened the Princess upon herself. It is the poor girl's hope that she will rejoin her lover by the banks of the Sal-no-Kaware, the River of Departed Souls. The Prince comes into the room to find her lifeless body, learning too late of the tragedy he has caused.