He mainly played the roles of elderly women after the role of a mother Ogin, a role of "Horikawa Nami no Tsuzumi" (a Kabuki program based on Joruri [dramatic narrative chanted to a samisen accompaniment]), which was presented at Kyoto Minamiza Theater in 1974 by starring Nizaemon KATAOKA (the thirteenth).
1974年、京都南座で片岡仁左衛門(13代目)の『堀川波鼓』で母おぎんを勤めた後は、特に老女役が多くなった。