A container raising/lowering conveyance apparatus including four gripping raising/lowering bodies capable of being respectively horizontally fitted to and detached from four corners of an article-conveyance container is configured such that, in a planar view, central raising/lowering link members capable of being raised and lowered are disposed at central positions of respective edges of a right-angled parallelogram surrounded by the four gripping raising/lowering bodies, and each of the central raising/lowering link members and the gripping raising/lowering bodies at both sides thereof are coupled to each other by at least one pair of upper and lower rocking parallel links capable of rocking in the vertical direction.