Hotokemai is a dance performed wearing masks representing Dainichi Nyorai, Shaka Nyorai and Amida Nyorai to Etenraku music that is reputed to have been transmitted from Tang Dynasty China during the Nara period.
仏舞は大日如来、釈迦如来、阿弥陀如来の三像の面を着け、越天楽の譜に合わせて優雅に舞うもので、奈良時代に唐から伝えられたものと言われる。