Shōdenin Shoin

Built in 1618 as part of Oda Uraku's residence at Kenninji Temple in Kyoto, the Shoin served as a private study where Uraku could receive guests and relax. It was later sold to the Mitsui family and relocated to Inuyama alongside the tea house Jo-an. When architect Horiguchi Sutemi restored both buildings in 1971, he worked from a 1799 illustration to remove later additions and return the Shoin to its original form, replacing ceramic roof tiles with copper shingles shaped like the flat wooden shingles shown in the drawing. The interior rooms retain fusuma sliding panels, including surviving chrysanthemum panels attributed to Hasegawa Tohaku, one of the most respected painters of the period.