There were three particularly important plays among them: a Kabuki play 'Meiboku Sendai Hagi' (written by Kamesuke NAGAWA and others) performed during April 1777 at Naka no Shibai (the Naka-za Theater) in Osaka, Kabuki play 'Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki' (Competition of the Date Clan in Okuni Kabuki) (written by a collaboration of Jisuke SAKURADA and Sensuke KASANUI) performed during July 1778 at the Nakamura-za Theater in Edo, and Ningyo Joruri play 'Meiboku Sendai Hagi' (written by Kanshi MATSU and others) performed during 1785 at the Yuki-za Theater in Edo.
特に重要な作品として、安永6年（1777年）4月大坂中の芝居で上演された歌舞伎「伽羅先代萩」（奈河亀輔ほか作）と、翌安永7年（1778年）7月江戸中村座で上演された歌舞伎「伊達競阿国戯場」（桜田治助・笠縫専助合作）、さらに天明5年（1785年）江戸結城座で上演された人形浄瑠璃「伽羅先代萩」（松貫四ほか作）の3作が挙げられる。