Concrete shapes such as gourds and fans are designed to sugido (sliding doors made of cedar) in the construction, and the common sense design can be seen with the goten (palace) of Katsura Rikyu.
建物内の杉戸の引手金具にはひょうたん、扇子などの具象的な形がデザインされ、桂離宮の御殿と共通したデザイン感覚が見られる。