He learned Okura school of "kyogen" (a farce played during a Noh cycle) with his older brother and a kyogen performer, Kanjiro NAKAMURA, and with this experience, he created the dance, "Saruwaka," his lifetime masterpiece.
兄の狂言師、中村勘次郎らと大蔵流狂言を学び、その経験を生かして、生涯の傑作、舞踊『猿若』を創作したという。