There are two opinions: one is the Yoshida family origin, that the Yoshida family produced 125 works of ancient Shinto music and dancing that became the origin of Naniwa kagura-dance, and the other is the Fushimi Inari-jinja Shrine origin, that 16 forms out of 25 works of Gosho kagura-dance handed down to the shrine are in common with Naniwa kagura-dancing and thus became an origin of Naniwa kagura-dance.
吉田家が神楽125座を編み出したのが浪速神楽の始まりという吉田家説と、かつて伏見稲荷神社に伝わっていた御所神楽25座のうち、16座位が浪速神楽と共通する事による伏見稲荷神社説がある。