In the early part of the Edo Period, the TATE-BANA pictorial records which illustrated the works of Ni-Dai Ikenobo Senko included examples from the Gominooin Sento Imperial Residence of the Kan'ei Period. This paper is a study of the ways in which this imperial residence building complex was used during this period. These pictorial records are compared with architectural drawings and with descriptive information contained in the diaries of the aristocracy during the period 1628(Kan'ei 5) to 1651 (Kei'an 4). The contents are as follows : 1. Introduction. 2. TATE-BANA as seen in the TATE-BANA-ZU at the Sento Imperial Residence. 3. The Period under Study. 4. Palace Spaces in the Gominooin Imperial Residence (Kan'ei Period) where TATE-BANA was used. 5. Summary.
