He performed well as a top-billed performer on the big stage in Dotonbori and people called him 'master Enjaku, superior Sojuro, sharp like katana Udanji' so this 'Ensou' competed with each other.
その後は花形役者として道頓堀の大芝居で活躍、「名人延若、上手宗十郎　業物右團次」と呼ばれ、この「延宗右」で芸を競い合った。