However, it was impossible to keep out the wind and rain with only akari shoji; therefore, it was used in combination with mairado (a wooden sliding door constructed of a single wooden panel called 'wata-ita' and set into a timber frame called 'kamachi'), shitomi (latticed shutters), a lattice, etc.
しかし、明かり障子のみでは風雨には耐えられないため、舞良戸、蔀、格子などと併せて用いられた。