"Shinya no tsuki" (The midnight moon), "Sue-no-chigiri" and so on are known for the beauty of emotional melody, and in "Wakana" (New Herbs) and "Tama no Utena," he pursued the song parts, and in "Shiki no Nagame" (Viewing the Four Seasons), "Uji meguri" (uji tour), "Yotsu no tami" (The four peoples) and so on, he characteristically tried not only normal modulation but various modulations.
『深夜の月』『末の契』などでは情緒豊かな旋律の美しさで知られ、『若菜』『玉の台』では歌の節が追求され、また『四季の眺』『宇治巡り』『四つの民』などでは通常の転調だけでなくさまざまな転調が試みられているのも特徴である。