He gained a reputation for roles such as Okaru, Enya hangan and Oishi of "Kanadehon Chushingura," Shizuka Gozen of "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" (Yoshitsune and One Thousand Cherry Trees), Omiwa of "Imoseyama (Mt. Imose) Onna Teikin" (An Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue), Omitsu of "Shinpan Utazaimon" (The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu) (Nozaki Village), Tamate-Gozen of "Sesshu Gappo ga Tsuji" (A Kabuki Drama of Unfettered Evil) (Gappo Anjitsu [hermitage of Gappo]), Sakuramaru of "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" (Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy) and Yoshitsune of "Kanjincho" (The Subscription List) and "Jinya KUMAGAI, Ichi no Tani Futabagunki" (Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani) in the area of maruhonmono (Kabuki drama of joruri [puppet-play] origin).
丸本物では『仮名手本忠臣蔵』のお軽、塩冶判官、お石、『義経千本櫻』の静御前、『妹背山婦女庭訓』お三輪、『新版歌祭文』（野崎村）のお光、『攝州合邦辻』（合邦庵室）の玉手御前、『菅原伝授手習鑑』の桜丸、『勧進帳』や『一谷嫩軍記・熊谷陣屋』の義経などが当たり役であった。