At the time of the debut performance, the popularity of Shikan NAKAMURA IV (then Fukusuke NAKAMURA) in the next theater was greater and Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai was not commercially successful.
初演は隣の座の中村芝翫(4代目)（当時は中村福助）の人気に食われ、興行としてはあまり当たらなかったという。