In more recent years, a room was added to serve guests, and fusuma doors and other partitions were removed to make a large single room for many people at events such as weddings, festivals, funerals, and other ceremonies.
時代が下がると接客用の部屋も造られ、冠婚葬祭で人が多く集まる際は、戸や襖を開け放して部屋を広く使えるように工夫された。