However, after the death of his adopted father, he was thrust out of the ONOE family and returned to Osaka where he took the name Enjaku which was the pen name of his teacher Gakujuro, and became Enjaku Jitsukawa (I).
しかし養父の死後尾上家から離縁されたため、大坂に戻って師匠・額十郎の俳名だった延若を名乗り、初代實川延若を襲名した。