During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, the style of buildings was shifted from Shinden-zukuri style to Shoin-zukuri style, which developed and was completed as a housing style for the samurai class during the Edo period.
鎌倉・室町時代に寝殿造りから書院造りへと移行し、江戸時代に書院造りは武士階級の住宅様式として完成していった。