In such a campaign, some Kabuki programs were created anew, and their first ones were "Katsureki-mono" (a historical drama), which faithfully performed the historical facts, & "Zangiri-mono" (the plays the cropped hair people appeared), which portrayed new western-style customs, both made by experienced writers, including Mokuami KAWATAKE, or by intellectuals, including Ochi FUKUCHI, but they failed.
このような運動の中で創作された歌舞伎演目は、最初、河竹黙阿弥らの旧来の作者や福地桜痴ら文化人によって、歴史的事実をありのままに演じる活歴物や、西洋風の新しい風俗を描いた散切物などが作られたが成功しなかった。