Since he was hidden behind his great father and younger brother, and further experienced a sluggish period of Kansai Kabuki, he had been obscure all his life without achieving any success as an actor, however, he showed an antique and skillful taste when acting Manjiro in "Ise Ondo" (Ise Dance), and a wakashu (a teenage kabuki apprentice and also male prostitute) such as Chube in "Meido no hikyaku" (From The Courier for Hell), etc.
偉大な父や弟の陰に隠れ、さらには、関西歌舞伎の不振期にも出くわすなど役者として大成せぬままに終わり不遇であったが、『伊勢音頭』の万次郎、『冥途の飛脚』の忠兵衛などの若衆を演じるときは、古風な好い味を見せていた。