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GROUP PROMOTING JAPANESE-STYLE ROOMS AS UNESCO INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE TO
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Courtesy of Akira Uenishi
A Japanese-style room at Jikoin Temple in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture

The Yomiuri Shimbun


14:00 JST, March 3, 2024

A group comprising architectural historians, architects and other professionals
will be launched in March with the aim of promoting the registration of
washitsu, or Japanese-style rooms, a traditional element of Japanese living
culture, on the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

UNESCO registers traditional performing arts, rituals, social customs and craft
techniques of each country and region under the Convention for the Safeguarding
of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Its inscribed list includes 611 elements,
including 22 from Japan, such as washoku, washi and kabuki.

Named Gendai Washitsu no Kai (contemporary Japanese-style room association), the
group will launch on March 26 and emphasize the significance of washitsu,
highlighting its profound influence on Japanese spirituality and concepts about
living space.

According to a survey by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, the
domestic production of tatami mats in 2023 was 1.54 million sheets, 5.7% of the
production level in 1996. The overall supply of tatami mats, including imports,
has also decreased to 19.4% of 1996 levels. In recent years, there has been a
decline in the number of washitsu and spaces with tatami mats in homes.

“Washitsu has been taken for granted to such an extent that it hasn’t been
extensively studied,” said Prof. Shuichi Matsumura, an expert on building
structures at Waseda University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and one of
the founders of the group.

In response to this situation, the Architectural Institute of Japan in 2016
established a special research committee on the world heritage value of
washitsu, along with a working group, to conduct academic research on washitsu
and Japanese housing culture.

The group will call for participation from a wide range of people, including
researchers, construction professionals, craftspeople, forestry workers, and
those involved in tea ceremonies and ikebana. They plan to promote the
registration of washitsu to the heritage list through architecture tours, tatami
mat production visits, symposiums and other related events.

“Washitsu embodies Japanese lifestyle and architectural culture,” said Seizo
Uchida, a specially appointed professor of the history of modern housing at
Kanagawa University, who played a central role in initiating the group. “We’d
like to pass on the culture of washitsu to the next generation by introducing it
to the world.”


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