The dancers, who were individually led by one warawame holding a hitori (a tool to charcoal fire), another warawame holding a shitone (cushions made of cotton), a maid holding three kicho (a kind of sliding door) and a hairdressing woman, sat down in order on the shitone facing north, starting from west.
舞姫1人ごとに火取を持つ童女、茵を持つ童女1人、几帳3本を持つ下仕および理髪の女房を先立てて舞殿にはいり来て、舞姫らは茵に座し北向し、西を上にして並び座す。