raku
[rah-koo]
- a thick-walled, rough, dark lead-glazed Japanese earthenware used in the tea ceremony.
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Origin of raku
1870–75; < Japanese raku(-yaki) “pleasure” glaze, originated by Chōjirō of Kyoto, who was given the seal-stamp with the character “pleasure” from Hideyoshi as an artisan-household designation
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Raku ware, so called from the inscribed mark Raku (happiness), consisted chiefly of tea-bowls.
Chats on Oriental ChinaJ. F. Blacker
The raku faience owed much of its popularity to the patronage of the tea clubs.
It is equally hard to understand why raku should have been preferred to porcelain for this special ceremonial.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
These bowls were sometimes imported from Siam and other countries, and vessels of raku were made for the same purpose.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
This raku was a ware introduced by a Corean called Ameya, about the beginning of the sixteenth century.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young