In Kansai Kabuki, which did not have a sufficient number of middle class actors because of the successive deaths by famous actors during and after the War, Jukai played a central role together with Jusaburo BANDO and, after Jusaburo's death, kept watching it as the leader.
戦中戦後の名優の相次ぐ死で中堅の役者が手薄になった関西歌舞伎において、阪東壽三郎と並んで中心的な役割を担い、壽三郎の死後は文字通りその重鎮としてこれを見守った。