The character of the gates is closely related to the allotment of the garden and the buildings, each building being connected with wataridono and together surrounding the garden called tsuboniwa.
門の性格は建物や庭園地割とも密接な関連がありそれぞれの建物は渡殿という廊によって連結され、庭園（坪庭と呼ばれる）を四周囲む。