Overview
The conservation and transmission of wooden architecture consists in a set of traditional skills, techniques and knowledge to build new wooden structures and restore existing ones. This includes skills such as plastering, the cultivation and harvesting of raw materials, lacquer painting of traditional structures, and many more. Initially, master craftspeople transmitted the related knowledge and skills by training apprentices as their successors. However, with modernization, this process became more difficult. As a result, preservation associations were formed to safeguard the element. Certain skills associated with the element, such as the creation of ‘Nakatsugi-omote’ (a type of tatami surface), are transmitted through training sessions and seminars focusing on the sustainable use of natural resources and the cultivation of raw materials. Due to the country’s hot and humid climate,...
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Community and Authority
- Communities
- Japan
- Languages
- Not specified in UNESCO dataset
- Cultural territories
- Japan
- Countries
- Japan
How the System Works
The conservation and transmission of wooden architecture consists in a set of traditional skills, techniques and knowledge to build new wooden structures and restore existing ones. This includes skills such as plastering, the cultivation and harvesting of raw materials, lacquer painting of traditional structures, and many more....
Sources and Evidence
Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.
Field-Level Provenance
- title
- UNESCO DataHub field title_en
- preferredTitle
- UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
- summary
- UNESCO DataHub field description_en
- type
- UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
- countries
- UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
- categories
- ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
- relationships
- UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
- sourceUrl
- UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
- rights
- UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url
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