Abstract
The purpose of this study is to create the photographic observation of historic landscape in Japan. Through the comparison between old photos and recent ones by computer a visual monitoring method can be used for the selection of the important cultural landscape by law. As the case study total 47 old photos were analyzed from the same viewpoints at Sotodomari district in Ainan Town. In the conclusion the 91% wall surface of 22 local views shows well-maintained stone walls. More than 80% of 23 panoramic views shows the well-maintained stone walls. One panoramic photo shows that the reduction of the height of stone wall in these 50 years. This paper suggests that the possibility of visual monitoring method by old photos to analyze the detail of composition of small stones in small village where is difficult to search cadaster maps.
