Especially Uzaemon ICHIMURA the twelfth and Utaemon NAKAMURA the fourth appreciated the competence of Yoshijiro, and Uzaemon recruited Yoshijiro as a choreographer for the Ichimura-za Theater in which Uzaemon himself took the role of Zamoto (leader of a theatrical company).
特に12代目市村羽左衛門、4代目中村歌右衛門は芳次郎の力量を買い、羽座衛門は自らが座元を務める市村座の立振付師に芳次郎を採用した。