This building is named Togu-do (東求堂) , and it is the oldest building in Japan built in the Shoin-zukuri (書院造) style, dating back from 1487. It is one of the two remaining structures of the original villa (the other one is the Silver Pavilion).Inside the Togu-do there is a wooden statue of Ashikaga Yoshimasa (足利 義政; 1435 – 1490), the shogun who built this property as a retirement villa, and arranged for it to become a Zen temple after his death. According to legend, the shogun carved the statue himself.
This building also contains a small room known as the Dojin-sai, which is a tea room believed to be the reference for all future tea room designs, personally designed by the shogun's tea master, Murata Shuko (村田珠光; 1423 – 1502).
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