However, he couldn't deal with aging, and the choreography of "Tsurionna" (literally, 'female fishermen') for Ennosuke ICHIKAWA the first in July 1901 was his last work as a choreographer.
しかし老いには勝てず、1901年7月に初代市川猿之助(初代)へ向けた『釣女』への振付が、振付師として最後の仕事となる。