As it was performed in combination with yudate (a ceremony in which Shinto priests sprinkle hot water over worshippers using bamboo leaves that they have dipped in a large pot of hot water before the gods), it is sometimes called Yudate kagura, and because it is performed at the geku (outer shrine) of Ise-jingu Shrine, it is also sometimes called Ise-ryu kagura (Ise-style kagura).
湯立と組み合わせて行われていたことから湯立神楽（ゆだてかぐら）とも呼ばれ、また伊勢神宮外宮の神楽を祖型としていることから、伊勢流神楽（いせりゅうかぐら）とも呼ばれている。