He took in the instrumental elements into biwa that had been used as accompaniment to narration and made fresh approaches such as biwa performances without narration, ensemble with Western musical instruments and other traditional Japanese musical instruments that had never been played with, or refinement of the Biwa uta based on the Kinshin-ryu.
それまで語りの伴奏として用いられてきた琵琶に器楽的要素を大きく取り入れ、語りを伴わない琵琶演奏、西洋楽器やこれまで協奏することの無かった他の和楽器との合奏、また錦心流を基礎とした琵琶歌の改良、など斬新なアプローチを行った。