When he was young, he learned the forms of kabuki and kyogen from excellent actors such as Koshiro MATSUMOTO VII, Chusha ICHIKAWA VII, Hazaemon ICHIMURA XV and Enjaku MINOKAWA II in addition to his father; this was an important asset not only for Nizaemon (XIII) but also for kabuki society as a whole.
若いときに父を始め、松本幸四郎(7代目)、七代目市川中車、市村羽左衛門(15代目)、實川延若(2代目)ら名優に歌舞伎狂言の型を教えられたが、これは、十三代目仁左衛門のみならず歌舞伎界にとって貴重な財産であった。