Plan view of the New Shoin, built for the visit of the retired emperor Gomino-O in the 1660s.  The central room is for sleeping, the bottom-left is for studying, the bottom right is for drinking tea, the left center is for dressing, the top center is for changing, the top right is for storage, the middle right is for selecting cloths, and the top rooms are a bathroom.

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