It is said that those simple gardens attached to tea rooms were developed in urban Machiya (a traditional form of townhouse found mainly in Kyoto) (mercantile house) with limited premises, not in temples or others with broad premises.
茶室の茶室に付随する簡素な庭園は、広大な敷地を持つ寺院などではなく、敷地の限られた都市部の町屋(商家)において発達したと考えられる。