From around this time the Ninth activated the world of Tokyo Kabuki together with Kikugoro ONOE (the fifth), Sadanji ICHIKAWA (the first) and others, and established the golden age of the Meiji Kabuki called 'Dangikusa era.'
この頃から九代目は五代目尾上菊五郎・初代市川左團次らとともに東京の劇界を盛り上げ、「團菊左」と呼ばれる明治歌舞伎の黄金時代を築いた。