Conventional hojo architecture often consists of a total of 6 rooms arranged in a 2x3 arrangement but that of Daitoku-ji Temple is different in that consists of a 2x4 arrangement of 8 rooms with two rooms of the second row on the right serving as the tassho (burial place) of founder Daito-kokushi (Shuho Myocho), Unmonan.
通常の方丈建築は、前後2列、左右3列の計6室を並べる平面形式が多いが、大徳寺方丈は前後2列、左右4列の計8室をもつ特異な形式で、向かって右から2列目の2室は、開祖大燈国師（宗峰妙超）の塔所（墓所）である雲門庵となっている。