The existing oldest Tale of Genji pictures were created in the first half of 12^<th> century. More pictures were created by Tosa School, Sumiyoshi School and Kano School in the 16^<th> and 17^<th> century and many of them are in existence. In this research, we aim to clarify the comprehension and yearning of upper class on Shindenzukuri through the images of Tale of Genji picture series in the 16^<th> and 17^<th> century. The architectural images of Tale of Genji pictures should have Shindenzukuri style of Heian-era, however, they had been transformed as responding to the residential style of the time that the image was created. The noble quality of Tale of Genji pictures was represented in the transformation of the style; Syoinzukuri that has blue-gold Fusuma-Shoji partitions to Sukiya-Syoinzukuri that has pale and delicate Fusuma-Shoji partitions. In the latter 17^<th> century, Shindenzukuri revival style was introduced to the images.