Especially, the role of Okaya of "Kanadehon Chushingura" (a Kabuki program) and that of an old mother Otoku of "Sesshu Gappogatsuji" (a Kabuki program based on Joruri) were most successful parts played by him in the course of his lifetime.
なかでも『仮名手本忠臣蔵』のおかや、『攝州合邦辻』の老母おとくは一代の傑作である。