Chodai-gamae consists of the four fusuma paintings on gold foil background, being set in a threshold which is one step higher than tatami, a kamoi (a generic term for a head jamb, normally having tracks for sliding doors or partitions) which is one step lower than nageshi and three hotate (a thin board or narrow post set on each side of a door or gate to provide a neat finish), and the central two fusuma-e paintings are pulled apart to the right and left, while the outside two paintings are fixed.
帳台構えは、敷居を畳より一段上げ、鴨居を長押より一段低く設け、三本の方立（ほたて）をたて四枚の金碧画の襖絵を入れ、中央の二枚は左右に引き分け外側の二枚は嵌め殺しとなっている。