A field control device for a synchronous rotating machine includes: a target operating condition input unit; a first subtraction unit; a final-control-quantity control computation unit that accepts the final-control-quantity deviation and outputs a field-current correction demand value; an anticipatory computation unit that outputs a field-current anticipatory demand value based on the operating condition demand values input; an addition unit that adds the field-current correction demand value and the field-current anticipatory demand value; a second subtraction unit; and a field-current regulation device that adjusts the field current based on the field current deviation. The anticipatory computation unit includes: a dependence characteristic data storage unit that stores dependence characteristics predicted on the basis of the results of a no-load test; and a circuit calculation unit that performs a circuit calculation by using the dependence characteristics and outputs a field-current anticipatory demand value.