Among these performers Bunji I is known as the founder of the very first yose theater in Osaka as well as the creator of "shibai-banashi" (kabuki-derived stories) with music, props and stage settings.
とりわけ初代文治は大阪で初めて寄席を開き、また声色鳴物道具入りの芝居話を創始したことで知られる。