In June 1804, "Tenjiku Tokubei Kokubanashi" (modeled after an adventurer Tenjiku Tokubei) that he wrote specifically for Matsusuke ONOE I at the Kawarazaki-za theater in Edo made a great hit, and in the New Year of the next year, "Shitenno Momiji no Edoguma" made a hit at the Kawarazaki-za theater, which proved that he was a playwright who will lead the next generation both nominally and virtually.
翌享和4年七月(1804年6月)には江戸河原崎座で尾上松助(初代)のために書き下ろした『天竺徳兵衛韓噺』（天竺徳兵衛）が大当たりとなり、翌年正月には河原崎座で『四天王楓江戸粧』を成功させて、名実共に次世代の狂言作者であることを証明した。