After making three rounds in the forecourt, the dancers came before the emperor, dedicated Norito (Shinto prayer), and performed 'Takekawa' (Bamboo River, the title of a song of "saibara" [a genre of the Heian period Japanese court music]).
三度周旋ののち御前にいたり、祝詞を奏上し、「竹河」を奏する。