He opened a large hole to let modern air into the closed world of Kabuki where only scripts written by Kabuki playwrights working in the theater had been performed so far (except for the performance in 1899 of "Akugenta" written by Shoo MATSUI).
それまで、座付の狂言作者の脚本しか上演されなかった（明治32年に松井松翁作の『悪源太』が上演されたのを例外として）閉鎖的な歌舞伎界に近代の風を通す大きな穴を開けたのである。