A Tokyo butsudan is a household Buddhist altar cabinet. Its official craft description gives separate information about the assembled wooden body, carved work and urushi finish.
Technique and structure
For the wooden body, Tokyo lists kendome, chigiridome and mortise-and-tenon construction within an assembled structure. The carving methods include openwork, while the finish is specified as rubbed refined urushi. Reading these statements separately avoids treating a visible wood surface as a complete construction description: the joint arrangement and the surface treatment answer different questions about the same cabinet.
The wood still needs its own identification
The material list includes mulberry, zelkova, hinoki and other named woods or equivalent materials. It does not identify the timber in an individual cabinet.
For international readers
For an actual commission, request its wood, construction and finish specification. The craft reference provides no dismantling instructions or universal repair procedure.
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日本語
東京仏壇：組立式の木地と摺り漆仕上げ
東京仏壇の資料は、剣留・楔留・ほぞ組みによる組立式の木地と、透し彫り等の彫刻、精製漆の摺り漆仕上げを分けて記しています。表面に見える木目だけで組み方を決めず、樹種・木地構造・仕上げを個別に確認する読み方です。分解や補修の手順を示すものではありません。