Azuma-asobi is generally performed as a Shinto ritual dance, and it has been performed at some Shinto festivals such as Korei-sai Festival (an equinoctial ceremony held by the Emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors) since the Meiji period.
もっぱら神事舞として奏し、明治時代以後は皇霊祭その他にもちいられている。