An image encoding/decoding apparatus is provided, including a frequency
band division unit for dividing image data into a plurality of frequency
bands to generate sub-band coefficients, a sub-band coefficient
interpolation unit for interpolating sub-band coefficients outside a
region of a shape by using shape information representing a shape of the
image data and the sub-band coefficients in the region of the shape, an
encoding unit for encoding the interpolated sub-band coefficients to
generate encoded data, and a shape information encoding unit for encoding
the shape information to generate shape information encoded data.