He was good at playing "Sewamono" (a play dealing with the lives of ordinary people) and especially when it comes to playing an "Edokko" (typical person from Edo) who is a small-scale bad guy, he has no equal.
家の芸の世話物を得意とし、特に江戸っ子・小悪党をやらせたら、現在右に出る者はいない。