He took the name Tanosuke SAWAMURA (III) as a brilliant actor of female roles and in the following year when he was only 16 he took leading roles and became the top performer of female roles in the Ogosho Period (1787 - 1841); however after a stage accident gangrene set in and he had to have his legs amputated, and was forced to retire from acting.
天才女形として三代目澤村田之助を襲名、翌年には16歳にして立役となるなど、大御所時代における女形の第一人者だったが、間もなく舞台上の事故から脱疽を患い四肢を切断、役者引退を余儀なくされた。