However, it is right to say that the works of ISHIKAWA were the pinnacle of jiuta tegotomono and as the first-class works not only in jiuta but in shamisen music, even now they have never lost a high evaluation.
しかし、石川の作品群は地歌手事物の頂点を極めたと言ってもよく、地歌のみならずあらゆる三味線音楽を通じ第一級の作品として、現代でも高い評価を失っていない。