c) Photographic and/or cinematographic documentation Appendix 8:
List of photographs of the buildings

Appendix 9:
Map indicating the places where the photographs were taken
9a. Map indicating the places where the photographs were taken(No.1-17,54-57)
9b. Map indicating the places where the photographs were taken(No.18-53)

Appendix 10:
Photographs of the buildings(taken in 1992)

Additional reference materials 4:
Slides of buildings(color slides, total 36, taken in 1992; copyright agreement attached)

Additional reference materials 5:
Videotape production on Himeji-jo
d) Public awareness In Japan, Himeji-jo is included in many history textbooks and art books and is widely known. Abroad, too, it is mentioned in many books such as the following encyclopedias and art books:

The New Encyclopedia Britanica, Vol.5. Chicago.

The Encyclopedia Americana, International Edition, Vol.24.

Meyers Enzyklopadisches Lexikon, Band 12. Mannheim/Wien/Zurich.

Der neue Brockhaus 3. Wiesbaden.

Grand dictionnaire encyclopedique Larousse, Tome 8. Paris

Enciclopedia italiana di scienze/lettere ed arti. Roma.

Encyclopedia of World Art, Vol.8. London, 1963.

Weltalas der Alten Kulturen Japan. Munchen, 1989, pp.125-127.
e) Bibliography (in order of date of publication)

Hashimoto, Seiji. Himeji-jo Shi. (History of Himeji-jo).
History of Himeji Castle Publications, 1952

Fujioka, Michio. Himeji-jo. Nippon Jokaku Zenshu Vol.5.
(Himeji Castle. Japanese castles vol.5)
Society of Japanese Castles, 1960.

Takahashi, Hideyoshi. Himeji-jo no Goju-nen (Fifty Years of Himeji Castle). Takahashi Books,1963.

Kido, Hisashi et al. Kokuho Himeji-jo (Himeji Castle, a National Treasure). Asahi Shimbun-sha, 1964.

Kato, Tokuji. Himeji-jo: Showa no Shuri (Himeji Castle: the Showa restorations). Shin'yo-sha, 1965.

The National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties.
Kokuho Juyo Bunkazai Himeji-jo Hozon Shuri Koji Hokokusho (Documentation on the restoration of Himeji-jo, National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties), Text 3 volumes, Appendices 4 volumes. 1965

Kato, Tokuji. Himeji-jo no Kenchiku to Kozo (Building and structure of Himeji Castle). Meicho Publications, 1981.

Nishi, Kazuo. Himeji-jo to Nijo-jo. Meiho Nippon no Bijutsu 15. (Himeji Castle and Nijo Castle. Rare treasures of Japanese art Vol.15.) Shogaku-kan, 1981.

Ota, Hirotaro, Hirai Kiyoshi et al. Jokaku I. Nihonkenchikushi kiso shiryo shusei Vol.14. (Castles I. Basic bibliography on Japanese architectural history, Vol 14.) Chuo-koron Bijutsu Shuppan, 1982.

Ota, Hirotaro, Hirai Kiyoshi et al. Jokaku II. Nihonkenchikushi kiso shiryo shusei Vol.15. (Castles II. Basic bibliography on Japanese architectural history, Vol 15.) Chuo-koron Bijutsu Shuppan, 1982.

Himeji-jo. Nippon Mei-jo Shusei. (Himeji Castle. Famous Japanese castles) .Shogaku-kan, 1984.

The City of Himeji. Himeji-jo. Himeji-shi Shi, Vol.14 separate edition. (Himeji Castle. The history of Himeji City, Vol.14, separate edition). 1988.