He vied with Yoshitoshi to draw a set of large-sized nishikie (colored woodblock prints) called chimidoro-e (bloody painting), zankoku-e (cruel painting) and muzan-e (atrocity prints).
-血みどろ絵、残酷絵、無残絵等と呼ばれる大判錦絵揃物を芳年と競作した。