In Tokyo Oo Kabuki, however, he was unable to obtain satisfactory roles and, in the Taisho period, he joined the theater reform movement of Sadanji ICHIKAWA (II).
しかし東京大歌舞伎ではなかなか役に恵まれず、大正時代には市川左團次(2代目)の演劇革新運動に加わった。