For the first performance of the work that made him well known "Tenjiku Tokubei Kokubanashi", he discussed with the troupe members to spread a rumor across Edo that the actors use Christian magic in their quick-change.
出世作『天竺徳兵衛韓噺』初演時には、座の者たちと相談して「早替りはキリシタンの妖術」という噂を江戸に広めさせている。