Ogura Family Residence - Ogura House

…It is a mountain village in the Ryohaku Mountains bordering Gifu and Fukui prefectures. More than 20 tributaries of the Tedori River, large and small, originating from Mt. Hakusan, join together and flow into the Tedori River Dam Lake, the main river. Shiramine, the central settlement, was a shogunate territory during the Edo period, and the Ogura family house (an important cultural property) remains, showing the style of houses from that time. In the past, slash-and-burn agriculture was practiced, with farm huts built on the mountainside and minor grains cultivated, but this has now disappeared. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…岐阜･福井両県に接する両白山地の山村で，白山を源とする手取川の大小20余の支流が合流して本流の手取川ダム湖に注ぐ。中心集落の白峰は江戸時代は天領で，当時の民家様式を伝える小倉家住宅(重要文化財)が残る。かつては山腹に出作小屋を作って雑穀を栽培する焼畑農業が営まれたが，現在は消滅した。…

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