"The Chronicles of Japan" says that the 'Emperor went to Asazuma. He saw horses owned by someone below the Daiseni rank at Nagara-jinja shrine. At that time, he made them practice archery on horseback,' as well as 'Umayumi (騁射)' and 'Haseyumi (馳射),' so, original Kisha seemed to have been performed as a shrine ritual, and it also describes that "Taisha-rokuho" was defined by Emperor Monmu and put on exhibition at the end of the Asuka Period.
飛鳥時代、『日本書紀』に「朝嬬に幸す。因りて大山位より以下の馬を長柄神社に看す。乃ち馬的射させたまふ」、他にも「騁射」「馳射」との記述があるなど神事としての騎射の原型も読み取れ、また飛鳥時代末期には文武天皇により『大射禄法』が定められ、展覧されたとの記述もある。