The technique which is described as a tradition harking back to a time when FUJIWARA no Yamakage cleaned carp is revived by a performer in a lacquered hat and hitatare (samurai's large square-cut coat with cord laced sleeve edges) cutting and trimming such material as carp, sea bream, and bonito without touching the fish by using only a kitchen-knife and manabashi (type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish), which is sometimes dedicated on ritual occasions throughout Japan.
藤原山蔭が鯉をさばいて以来の伝統と言われる技法を烏帽子・直垂をまとった姿で再現し、庖丁と真魚箸（まなばし）のみを用いて、鯉・鯛・鰹などの素材に一切手を触れることなくさばいていくもので、各地の神事などで奉納されることがある。