The UNESCO-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Intergovernmental Committee has decided to register the techniques of palace carpenters and left-handed craftsmen to inherit Japanese wooden structures, and the "skills of traditional architectural craftsmen" as intangible cultural heritage. It was.
UNESCO is an online intergovernmental committee that discusses "Traditional Architects' Techniques: Traditional Techniques for Inheriting Wooden Buildings" proposed by Japan after 11:00 pm on the 17th of Japan time. I decided to register it as an intangible cultural heritage.
"Traditional architectural craftsmanship" includes "building repair" technology, which is indispensable for preserving cultural property buildings, "Kayabuki", one of the roofing techniques, and "Kayabuki", which finishes the surface of walls with soil and plaster. It is composed of 17 traditional techniques such as "plasterer" and "tatami making".
With this registration, the number of intangible cultural heritage in Japan will be 22 in addition to "Japanese food" and "Washi".