The tsukeshoin (writing or desk alcove), as described by Ito Teiji as "the framed alcove with four shoji placed on the side of the tokonoma in the manner of modern shoin architecture. The alcove was built around a wooden desk or bench-like structure."

Shoin-zukuri (Japanese: 書院造, 'study room architecture') is a style of Japanese architecture developed in the Muromachi, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods that forms the basis of today's traditional-style Japanese houses.

Tsukeshoin – a built-in table; and Fusuma or Sh ō ji – various types of ornate sliding doors. A fusuma is made of hard fabric or hard cardboard-like material over a wooden stick frame, whereas shōji is made of paper over a wooden frame.

Tsukeshoin are study desks that are typically built into one side of the room below a window. The amount of light filtering in is usually adjusted with the use of shoji.

…a small study room, called tsuke shoin, containing a ledge used as a desk, shelves, and sliding shoji windows that opened onto an auspicious, usually man-made, view. The sprawling style of Heian-period construction, called shinden-zukuri, was modified to accommodate the reduced circumstances of the aesthete in the turbulent Muromachi period,…

付書院 Tsuke-shoin. A built-in desk alcove characteristic of the shoin style of architecture (Japan). Initially had windows over a desk; later was used for display, not for writing, and might have closed cabintes. [1] [2] The following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total.

A shoin (a study built in the shoin style) is furnished with zashikikazari (a set of decorative features), such as tokonoma (alcoves for the display of art objects) (or oshi-ita), chigai-dana (shelves built into the wall), and tsukeshoin (a built-in table).

May 31, 2013 · Los cojines situados sobre el tatami, al fondo y a la izquierda de la sala fotografiada, están frente al escritorio (tsukeshoin). Ante él un ventanal proporciona iluminación natural y vistas hacia el jardín. Una pintura de tinta china está colgada en el tokonoma.

In keeping with its origin as a tsukeshoin (desk alcove), the shoin was used for the display of writing materials. In addition, chodaigamae (decorative doors) were used as a display element unto itself and was typically ornately painted.

The shoin, a ceremonial room for meeting guests, is the center of the composition of this style, and is characterized by decorative alcove (tokonoma), staggered shelves (chigaidana), and built-in desk (tsukeshoin).