Tsukiji no niwa (garden with a roofed mud-wall) in Gosho (Imperial Palace) (altered later) that can be still seen in an existing folding screen painting and the 'Shin no tobiishi (stepping-stones)' of the Koshiyose (palanquin porch) at Katsura Imperial Villa are said to be favorites of Kobori.
屏風画に残る御所で実施した築地の庭（後には改修される）や桂離宮の輿寄の「真の飛石」が小堀好みと伝えられた所以とされる。