His works of this period at Toyotakeza Theater is said to be very depressing with elaborate framework and the realistic description: fiery instinct and sinfulness of people, and contradictions in feudal society.
この豊竹座時代の作風は、人間の本能の激しさ、罪業の深さ、封建社会の矛盾などを緻密な構成と写実的な筆致で描き出しているため非常に暗い、といわれる。