Further, the Shinigami (The Death-God) in Act Five was intended for Kaidanmono (a ghost [horror] story) which may be said as specialty of succesive Kikugoro, and Kikugoro V tried to reproduce Shinigami that he had seen his grandfather, Kikugoro III perform when he was a child, and he produced it on the basis of opinions from artists such as Kyosai KAWANABE and Yoshitoshi TAISO.
また、五幕目の死神は、歴代菊五郎のお家芸というべき怪談物を意識したもので、幼少のころ見た祖父の三代目菊五郎の死神を再現しようと、河鍋暁斎、大蘇芳年ら画家らの意見をもとに作り上げた。