At the time of the beginning, the shirabyoshi dancer wore "Tate-eboshi" cap, "suikan" cloth and red "naga-bakama" and hung a long sword on the waist, and she danced holding "kawahori" (=bat) fan [the fan which has sticks in one side of paper] in her hand.

In later times, since the way of dancing looked too violent, she danced without a "tate-eboshi" cap and a long sword in some cases.

"Genpei Seisuiki, "the chronicle of Genji-and-the-Heike rise and fall, and and "Gikei (ca 1400-1450)" the chronicle of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, describes that Shizuka-gozen arranged her hair excluding a "eboshi," a formal headgear for court nobles, and she wore a white hakama.

Although the time "Gikeiki" was written in the Nanbokucho (=Nothern and Southern Courts) period (1337-1392) is rather new, it still made a good reference to the costume.