Abstract
This peper is one within a series of works in which we intend to clarify the process of the establishment of Japanese architectural reference books in the Edo-period. We can trace the lineage of "Nihon-Banjyo-ki" type of architectural reference books by examing the differences in composition and expression of each book. As a result of the study, we found that their trace begins at latest, in the fifteenth century and reaches the seventeenth century.
