It is one of scenes of hatraki-goto in which the shite who plays an role of nonhuman being such as an oni (ogre), a vengeful spirit (vindictive ghost), or an evil spirit is prayed to subjugate by a monk or a yamabushi (a mountain priest) and the inori is included only in "Dojo-ji Temple" (Noh), "Aoi no Ue" (Lady Aoi), and "Kurotsuka" ("Hiun" [a Noh piece] is also included according to styles), and may be called inori in the order of shin-gyo-so (formal, semiformal, informal).
鬼、怨霊、悪霊など異類の怒り猛ったシテを僧、山伏などのワキが調伏する闘争のさまを描いた働事で、『道成寺(能)』『葵上』『黒塚』にしかなく（流儀によっては『飛雲』にもある）、順に真行草のイノリとされることもある。