Abstract
In Edo period, there was a building called "Tunegoten" in the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Emperor, Empress, Ex-emperor or Ex-empress had been used to live in this building. And this "Tunegoten" was one of the main buildings in the Imperial Palace or the Ex-emperor's Palace. When the Imperial Palace was build at Tensyo era, at first "Tunegoten" was made in the Imperial Palace. And the plan of this building was square and had 9 rooms. In the view of function, this plan included 3 elements; Imperial audience, dwelling and private meeting. Southern 3 rooms were used for Imperial audience, central 3 rooms for dwelling and northern 3 rooms for private meeting. Then, at the Ex-emperor's Palace, the northern row was often omitted because the Ex-emperor's ・・Tunegoten" was smaller than the Imperial Palace's. Before the Tensyo Era, we could not find the similar plan of "Tunegoten" in this period. During this period, we could find little change in this plan. By these facts, I consider that before the Tensyo era this plan with before-mentioned 3 elements was already completed as the residence of the court nobles except the Imperial Palace. We could find this plan in the main building of the court noble KONOE's at the same time. I regard it as the original form of this plan. As conclusion, I think this plan is the typical plan of the main building in the court noble's at the latter half of th 16th. century.
