Let k and n be positive even integers. For a cuspidal Hecke eigenform h in the Kohnen plus space of weight k − n/2 + 1/2 for Γ0(4), let In(h) be the Duke-Imamoḡlu-Ikeda lift of h in the space of cusp forms of weight k for Sp n (Z), and f be the primitive form of weight 2k − n for SL2(Z) corresponding to h under the Shimura correspondence. We then express the ratio In(h), In(h) / h, h of the period of In(h) to that of h in terms of special values of certain L-functions of f . This proves the conjecture proposed by Ikeda concerning the period of the Duke-Imamoḡlu-Ikeda lift.be the character corresponding to Q( √ D)/Q. Here we make the convention that D * = 1 if D = 1.