{"id":7234,"date":"2020-12-18T17:11:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T08:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:10443\/en\/?p=7234"},"modified":"2020-12-18T17:15:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T08:15:25","slug":"japans-traditional-wooden-architecture-skills-added-to-unesco-heritage-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/feature\/japans-traditional-wooden-architecture-skills-added-to-unesco-heritage-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese architectural craftsmanship added to UNESCO intangible heritage list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-tsumugu-blocks-modal-image wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/75f16c54d66b50acd45753204572b2bb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Traditional coloring (Courtesy of Agency for Cultural Affairs)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Shinya Yamada \/ Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>PARIS \u2014 UNESCO is adding Japan\u2019s traditional wooden architectural techniques to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.N. agency\u2019s Intergovernmental Committee decided Thursday to register \u201cTraditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan\u201d as Japan\u2019s 22nd entry on the intangible heritage list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee unanimously approved the recommendation for registration made by UNESCO\u2019s evaluation body in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The registration comprises 17 skills related to conservation, restoration and ornamental aspects, transmitted over the years by artisans such as Japanese shrine and temple carpenters and sakan plasterers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The skills, techniques and knowledge include roofing with Japanese cypress bark and thatching, the production of Japanese walls using earth and plaster, and harvesting of the saps of lacquer trees for Japanese urushi varnish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these techniques are indispensable to the preservation of valuable wooden structures, with 14 organizations safeguarding and passing down the skills as \u201cSelected Preservation Techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intergovernmental committee meeting, which was held online due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, evaluated the knowledge and skills related to the preserving and passing down of wooden architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On UNESCO\u2019s inscription summary is written that this heritage \u201cserves a social function by fostering cooperation and social cohesion and strengthens Japanese people\u2019s sense of cultural identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The registration of Intangible Cultural Heritage is a system to protect aspects such as performing arts, rituals and craftsmanship that \u201cpromote respect for cultural diversity and human creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the list from Japan are noh, kabuki, washoku Japanese cuisine and washi Japanese paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">(From The Japan News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shinya Yamada \/ Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent PARIS \u2014 UNESCO is adding Japan\u2019s traditional wooden architect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7234"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7246,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7234\/revisions\/7246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}