He called himself Utatora SAKURAGAWA, and he created ondo (fork tunes) with his distinctive style by employing some melodies, such as Utanenbutsu (Buddhist prayer's songs), "Kai saimon" (Shinto prayers in the shell festival) and Nenbutsu odori (Buddhist prayer's dancing) into Saimon narration (Shinto prayer's narrations in the festival); the ondo that he created was called "Saimon ondo."
桜川歌寅と称して歌念仏・貝祭文・念仏踊りを祭文語りに取り入れた独自の節回しの音頭を考案し、祭文音頭と言われた。