He also appeared alongside Tsunatayu TAKEMOTO VIII and Yashichi TAKEZAWA in "Musume Kagekiyo Yashima Nikki" in 1959 in a performance combining the previously incompatible media of kabuki and bunraku puppet theater, for which he was awarded the Theatron Prize and the Mainichi Arts Prize.
また1959年（昭和34年）『娘景清八嶋日記』では八代目竹本綱太夫や竹澤弥七と共演、それまで相容れなかった文楽との共演を実現し、テアトロン賞と毎日芸術大賞を受賞した。