In Raku, the shite, an actor representing a person of Tang China, for example in "Tsuru-kame" (The Crane and the Tortoise) and "Kantan" (The Pillow of Kantan, Noh play), dances imitating bugaku (traditional Japanese court music accompanied by dancing), accompanied by dai-sho (big and small) hand drums or drums.
楽は「鶴亀」「邯鄲」など唐人のシテが舞楽を模して舞うもので、大小物と太鼓物がある。