sentences:  Alternatively, she returned to Kyoto and was welcomed by Hōjō Masako back into court life, where she remained for a time.She then left the capital once more, committing suicide by drowning herself in a river, though versions differ on where this occurred.Shizuka features prominently in the Noh play "Funa Benkei" and the bunraku play "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", both of which were later adapted by kabuki, and in a number of other works of literature and drama, both traditional and modern.