However, the residence of Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA in the period of the Higashi-yama (east mountain) culture (around Onin War) was built in the so-called early shoin-zukuri style.
しかしながら、いわゆる東山文化の時代（応仁の乱前後）の足利義政の邸宅になると、初期書院造と呼ばれるものになる。