The Sukiya-zukuri of building was completed incorporating its design into Shoin-zukuri, and on the other hand, the original designs of the seclusion of a hermit which was popular in medieval times and of the villas of court nobles who favored tasteful elegance also had a large effect on it.
その意匠を書院造りに取り入れて数寄屋造りが完成していくが、一方で中世に盛んに行なわれた隠遁者の閑居や、風雅を好む公家達の別荘としての独自の意匠も大きく影響していった。