His last work was "Shinkyoku Adachigahara" (New Adachigahara), which he wrote for Danshiro ICHIKAWA (the 2nd) in 1916, and he died at the age of 51 in the same year.
1916年に市川段四郎(2代目)のために書いた『新曲安達原』が絶筆となり、同年51歳で死去。