According to the 'Gakkaroku' (fifty books on gagaku written by Suehiro ABE in 1690), the Niwabi was performed as follows: a nincho (chief kagura dancer) would go to a point in front of the shoku (straw mat), dance in triple meter, kick the shoku with his right foot, and then stand to the side of the motokata (leaders who sat to the left of the garden fire during the performance of the Mikagura, a type of music performed in court Shinto ceremonies).
「楽家録」によれば、その作法は、まず人長が進んで軾の前に行って3拍子を踏んで右足で軾を蹴って本方に立つ。