In collaboration with Izumo TAKEDA the second, Shoraku MIYOSHI and so on, he produced not only the three greatest joruri: "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" and "Kanadehon Chushingura," but also other masterpieces which remain in the history of Japanese play, such as "Gunpo Fujimi Saigyo," "Iroha Nichiren Ki," "Futatsu Chocho Kuruwa Nikki" (Diary of two butterflies in the pleasure quarters) and so on.
二世竹田出雲、三好松洛らとの合作で浄瑠璃の三大傑作といわれる『菅原伝授手習鑑』『義経千本桜』『仮名手本忠臣蔵』ほか、『軍法富士見西行』、『いろは日蓮記』、『双蝶々曲輪日記』など、日本戯曲史上の傑作を生み出した。