Chodai was a place to sleep which was set up around the center of Shinden (a place to sleep), and it was one step higher because of bedding tatami and was surrounded by screens and bamboo blinds, on four columns.
帳台は、寝殿のほぼ中央に設けられた寝所で、畳を敷いて一段高くして、四本の柱を立て、帷や御簾を立て回した。