A video signal transmitting device that transmits link signals to a video signal receiving device, the video signal transmitting device comprising: a sub-image generation unit configured to generate N sub-images, with N=4, 6, 8 or 12, from three color signal components constituting a video signal of a moving image; a basic image generation unit configured to generate, from the N sub-images, 4N color signal basic images corresponding to each of the three color signal components; a basic stream generation unit configured to generate, from the 4N color signal basic images, 4N basic streams of a prescribed word length; and a link signal generation unit configured to generate, from the 4N basic streams, the 2N link signals, wherein the sub-image generation unit is configured to generate the N sub-images by dividing, for each of the three color signal components, one frame of the moving image; the basic image generation unit is configured to generate the 4N color signal basic images by extracting pixels constituting the N sub-images from prescribed positions of the N sub-images and by two-dimensionally arranging the extracted pixels in a prescribed arrangement, the basic stream generation unit is configured to generate the 4N basic streams by extracting line data from the 4N color signal basic images generated by the basic image generation unit, and the link signal generation unit is configured to synthesize the 4N basic streams generated by the basic stream generation unit, subject the synthesized 4N basic streams to arrangement processing and encoding processing, and generate the 2N link signals having a prescribed speed, the synthesis being successively performed for each word of the 4N basic streams, from a leading part to a trailing part of the 4N basic streams. a sub-image generation unit configured to generate N sub-images, with N=4, 6, 8 or 12, from three color signal components constituting a video signal of a moving image; a basic image generation unit configured to generate, from the N sub-images, 4N color signal basic images corresponding to each of the three color signal components; a basic stream generation unit configured to generate, from the 4N color signal basic images, 4N basic streams of a prescribed word length; and a link signal generation unit configured to generate, from the 4N basic streams, the 2N link signals, wherein the sub-image generation unit is configured to generate the N sub-images by dividing, for each of the three color signal components, one frame of the moving image; the basic image generation unit is configured to generate the 4N color signal basic images by extracting pixels constituting the N sub-images from prescribed positions of the N sub-images and by two-dimensionally arranging the extracted pixels in a prescribed arrangement, by extracting pixels constituting the N sub-images from prescribed positions of the N sub-images and by two-dimensionally arranging the extracted pixels in a prescribed arrangement, the basic stream generation unit is configured to generate the 4N basic streams by extracting line data from the 4N color signal basic images generated by the basic image generation unit, and the link signal generation unit is configured to synthesize the 4N basic streams generated by the basic stream generation unit, subject the synthesized 4N basic streams to arrangement processing and encoding processing, and generate the 2N link signals having a prescribed speed, the synthesis being successively performed for each word of the 4N basic streams, from a leading part to a trailing part of the 4N basic streams. synthesize the 4N basic streams generated by the basic stream generation unit, subject the synthesized 4N basic streams to arrangement processing and encoding processing, and generate the 2N link signals having a prescribed speed, the synthesis being successively performed for each word of the 4N basic streams, from a leading part to a trailing part of the 4N basic streams.