Mud walls, wooden fences, nurikomi-bei and so on were used in the medieval period and plastered walls and namako-kabe (a wall with flat tiles nailed down on the wall surface and jointed with plaster) were used to prevent a fire in modern times.
中世には土塀・板塀・塗込塀などが、近世には防火のため、漆喰塀・海鼠塀が用いられた。