They later established such a close relationship that he wrote 65 plays for Sadanji, and among Sadanji's popular series of performances called 'Kyoka Gikyoku Jusshu' (Ten Plays of Apricot Flower), 6 plays were written by Kido, and Sadanji did not allow other actors to perform them during his lifetime.
この後左團次のために65編を書くほどの密接な関係となり、左團次の当り芸シリーズ「杏花戯曲十種」のうちの「修禅寺物語」など6編が綺堂作であり、左團次の生前は他の俳優の上演を許さなかった。