He also showed talent as a playwright of Kyogen, composing 'Oni ga Yado' (literally, 'Inn of an Ogre') and attempting a re-composition of 'Tanuki no Haratsuzumi' (a story of a raccoon dog and a huntsman, commonly known as "Hikone Danuki," or "A Raccoon Dog in Hikone), which had been a haikyoku (a Noh song no longer performed).
また、新作狂言「鬼ヶ宿」の制作や、廃曲となっていた「狸の腹鼓」の復曲（いわゆる「彦根狸」）を試みるなど、狂言作者としての才能も持っていた。