In his later years, he lost ground in front of the popularity of Mokuami and was not able to achieve great success as a Kabuki playwright, but he is now evaluated as a playwright who filled up the period between Nanboku TSURUYA the fourth and Mokuami.
晩年は黙阿弥の人気に押され狂言作者として大成せぬまま終わったが、鶴屋南北(4代目)と黙阿弥の間の時代を埋める存在として評価されている。