Senzumanzai was an annual practice of the New Year among the aristocrats during the late Heian period and the senzumazai hoshi (Buddhist priest wishing a New Year) visited each house to give a celebration and danced.
千秋萬歳は平安時代の末期には貴族の間で毎年正月の慣習となっており、千秋萬歳法師が訪れ祝い言を述べ舞を舞った。