raku

/rah-koo/US // ˈrɑ ku //

拉库,拉酷,拉古,拉乌

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a thick-walled, rough, dark lead-glazed Japanese earthenware used in the tea ceremony.

Under the first of these classifications may be included Bizen, Seto, Raku, and some other wares.
They are raku-yaki, awata-yaki, iwakura-yaki and kiyomizu-yaki.
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.
These bowls were sometimes imported from Siam and other countries, and vessels of raku were made for the same purpose.