For partitioning areas around the outside of a house many bamboo blinds and lattices could be seen for controlling light, but mairado (a sliding door with frame incorporating a wooden panel and numbers of thin wooden slats fixed at short intervals) were used in a key areas.
外回りの隔てには、明かり取りに簾や格子も多く見受けられるが、要所には舞良戸が使用されている。