The Goten was a large-scale building with Kokerabuki (a roof covering made with a layer of thin wooden shingles made of cypress), and was broadly divided into 'Omotemuki,' a public space and 'Okumuki' (inner part of the house), a private space.
この御殿は柿葺（こけらぶき）の規模の大きい建物で構成され、公的空間の「表向き」と私的空間の「奥向き」に大別できる。