Sotoba Komachi (卒塔婆小町) is one of the stories in Five Modern Noh Plays by Yukio Mishima.
The original work was written by Kan'ami and was later reworked by Mishima Yukio for modern theatre.
The kanji 卒塔婆 means stupa and小町 is the synonym of belle or beautiful woman.
Mishima reworked the story and borrowed the characters (the old lady and Captain Fukakusa) from Kan'ami’s Sotoba Komachi.
A poet sees her and admonishes her for disturbing the lovers and for using a park bench that rightfully belongs to those in love.
A series of DVD adapted from The Five Modern Noh Plays was released to celebrate Mishima’s 90th birthday.