He then became prominent in Kyoto and Osaka, where he cooperated with Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU and performed many of Chikamatsu's works such as; the "Keisei Hotoke-no-hara" (Courtesan and a family feud in Echizen Province), the "Keisei Mibu Dai-nenbutsu"(Courtesan and Lectures on Buddhism in Mibu), and the "Butsumo Mayasan Kaicho"(Courtesan and a family feud, a work dedicated to the establishment of a Buddhist statue in Mt. Maya).
その後、京、大阪で活躍近松門左衛門と提携し『傾城仏の原』・『けいせい壬生大念仏』・『仏母摩耶山開帳』などの近松の作品を多く上演した。