c) Photographic and/or cinematographic documentation

Appendix 14 : Photographs (taken in 1994) 14a: List of photographs 14b: Map indicating the places where the photographs were taken: 1. Ogimachi Village 2. Ainokura Village 3. Suganuma Village 14c: Photographs Additional Reference Materials 7 : Slides (color slides, taken in 1994 ;copyright agreement attached) List of Slide Map indicating the places where the slides were taken (Ogimachi Village) Map indicating the places where the slides were taken (Ainokura Village) Map indicating the places where the slides were taken (Suganumai Village) copyright agreement Authorization (Eiichi TAKAKUWA) Authorization (Yoshinori NAKAMURA) Authorization (Mikio IWASE) Authorization (Hiroaki MISAWA) Authorization (Hiromi MORITA) Additional Reference Materials 8 : Videotape production on the Historic Villages of the Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Area (produced in 1994)

d) Public awareness

The villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama formed a unique living culture and village landscape over the course of their long history, corresponding to the severe natural environment of the high mountain area. A great amount of research on the local history, folklore, architecture, etc. has been documented. These villages are mentioned in almost all history textbooks and major art history books in Japan and are well known by the public. In English sources, mention is made in such scholastic books (either as independent entries or under articles on the history of Japan or its arts) as the following: Morse, Edward S. Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings. 1886, Reprint 1972 (Tokyo: Tuttle). Taut, Bruno. Fundamentals of Japanese Architecture. Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1936. Taut, Bruno. Houses and People of Japan. Tokyo: Sanseido, 1937. Ito, Teiji and Futagawa, Yukio. The Essential Japanese House: Craftsmanship, Function, and Style in Town and Country. Tokyo and New York: Weatherhill and Harper & Row, 1967. Ito, Teiji. Traditional Domestic Architecture of Japan Vol.21 of the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1972. Ito, Teiji and Futagawa, Yukio. Traditional Japanese Houses. New York: Rizzoli International, 1983.