Raku Definition

räko͝o
noun
A kind of earthenware, originally developed for the Japanese tea ceremony in the 16th cent., that has been fired and glazed and then quickly fired again, leaving a blackened, distinctively variegated pattern.
Webster's New World
The English transliteration of a Japanese surname; specifically, that of the family traditionally licensed to manufacture the pottery.
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Origin of Raku

  • From Japanese 楽 (raku, “fun, delightful”).A seal engraved with this word was marked on the early pieces. It was the title and seal used by 15 generations of potters.

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Raku Sentence Examples

  • But the term raku-yaki did not come into use until the close of the century, when Chjiro (artistic name, Choryu) received from Hideyoshi (the TaikO) a seal bearing the ideograph raku, with which he thenceforth stamped his productions.

  • The raku faience owed much of its popularity to the patronage of the tea clubs.

  • He took for his models the raku faience of KiOto, the masterpieces of Ninsei and Kenzan, the rococc wares of Korea, the enamelled porcelain of China, and the blue-andwhite ware of Delft.

  • Its only notable production of a ceramic character was the work of Miura Kenya (1830-1843), who followed the methods of the celebrated Haritsu (I 6881704) of KiOto in decorating plain or lacquered wood with mosaics of raku faience having colored glazes.

  • Current Work Raku and smoke fired figurative ceramics and bowls.

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Words Starting With

RRARAK

Words Ending With

UKUAKU

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