Both of them regarded the same characters as their successful characters--Shirabyoshi Hanako of "Musume Dojoji," Tamate-Gozen of "Sesshu Gappo ga Tsuji," Onoue and Ohatsu of "Kagamiyama," Okaru, Tonase and Oishi of "Chushingura,"--these were the pearls of post-war Kabuki as stages where both actors rivaled each other.
それぞれが当たり役とした『娘道成寺』の白拍子花子、『合邦辻』の玉手御前などをはじめ『鏡山』の尾上とお初、『忠臣蔵』のおかる・戸無瀬・お石などは、両優が火花を散らす舞台として戦後歌舞伎の精華であった。