The pillar changed from marubashira (a circular pillar or post) to kakubashira for partitioning, and the various dimensions of the bay in moya and hisashi had been integrated gradually into about 2 m in the building as a whole after the Onin War.
間仕切りの必要から、柱は丸柱から角柱になり、これまで母屋（身屋：もや）と廂の柱間寸法に大小の別があったが、畳の普及に伴い次第に柱間一間は六・五尺に、応仁の乱以降建物全体を通じて統一されていった。