During the Heian period, Azuma-asobi was performed by six or ten dancers who followed the style of the Imperial Guard's soldiers and wore Saiei no Kanmuri (crown with two rounded strings on the top) with a spray of cherry blossoms on the right top of the crown, Omigoromo (ceremonial jacket used for the Shinto rites at the Imperial Court), and swords and four music players (one performer each of shaku-hyoshi [wood clappers], a flute, a hichiriki, and a wagon).
平安時代には、舞曲は近衛の官人が仕えるのを例として、細纓冠緌にサクラを冠の右側に挿し、袍は小忌衣、太刀を帯びた舞人6人ないし10人、歌人4人（笏拍子、狛笛・篳篥・和琴それそれ1人）で奏した。