Takeomi NAGAYAMA (president of entertainment firm Shochiku) achieved commercial success by following a policy of 'Finding kabuki productions staged around stage `name` succession announcements and career-end performances for the predecessors.'
松竹会長の永山武臣は「歌舞伎（興行）とは、襲名（興行）に追善（興行）と見つけたり」という方針を立ててビジネスを成功させてきた。