Shoyo TSUBOUCHI highly estimated Mokuami by calling him "Edo Engeki no Odon-ya"(literally, the great warehouse of Edo drama), "Meiji no Chikamatsu Monzaemon" (literally, the Meiji counterpart of Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU) and "Wagakuni no Shakespeare" (literally, Shakespeare of our country [Japan]).
坪内逍遙は、黙阿弥のことを「江戸演劇の大問屋」「明治の近松門左衛門」「我国のシェークスピア」と高く評価した。