This large piece of land came about because the land of two residences, Hanatei (literally, flower residence) of the Muromachi family and Kikutei (literally, chrysanthemum residence) of the Imadegawa family, were merged together.
室町家の花亭と、今出川家の菊亭を併せて一つの敷地としたため広大な敷地を有する邸宅となった。