Yabusame was performed at Takadanobaba (present-day location: 3-chome, Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) in a dedication to the Anahachiman-gu Shrine North in 1728 as part of a prayer ceremony performed to cure Ieshige TOKUGAWA's heir of smallpox (yabusame was again performed there ten years later in appreciation of the complete cure that Ieshige's heir experienced, and an emaki (picture scroll) called "Yabusame Emaki" (a picture scroll depicting archery on horseback) was drawn to record the event).
享保13年（1728年）、徳川家重の世嗣ぎのために疱瘡治癒祈願として穴八幡宮北の高田馬場（現在の現在の東京都新宿区西早稲田三丁目）にて流鏑馬を執り行い、これを奉納した（この10年後、無事疱瘡祈願成就した折に報賽として再び行われ、その様子を絵巻にしたものが『流鏑馬絵巻』である）。