It is said that his kojin (successors) started to call him 'Mokuami KAWATAKE' instead of 'Mokuami FURUKAWA,' after his death, and Mokuami was not responsible for it.
「古河黙阿弥」を「河竹黙阿弥」としたのは死後に後人がおこなったことで、本人の知るところではないという。