rakun.

Brit.

/ˈrɑːkuː/, U.S.

/ˈrɑˌku/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese raku.

Etymology: < Japanese raku (1716 or earlier), shortened < rakuyaki raku pottery (1684 or earlier) < raku ease, comfort, enjoyment ( < Middle Chinese) + yaki pottery (nominalized stem of yaku to bake, fire, cook).This style of pottery is commonly thought to take its name from a gold seal showing the kanji character for Japanese raku, said to have been awarded in the late 16th cent. to the adopted son of the potter who founded the Raku lineage. Compare:1882 C. Dresser Japan ii. iv. 371 Shôgun [sic] Taikosama..honoured this particular manufacture with a golden seal, on which the character ‘raku’ (meaning enjoyment) was engraved.

A variety of usually low-fired lead-glazed Japanese pottery, often used as tea bowls and similar utensils; pottery made elsewhere in imitation of this; (also) the process by which this pottery is created. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > Japanese pottery

satsuma1866

raku1875

shippo1875

Seto1881

Yayoi1960

1875 G. A. Audsley & J. L. Bowes Keramic Art Japan I. 52 Raku is occasionally covered with lacquer, and it is made in other places than in Kioto.

1882 C. Dresser Japan ii. iv. 371 The competition for objects specially valued (as some of these black raku cups) was such that wars were often waged between Daimios with the sole view of possessing certain coveted goods.

1890 B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 278 The Raku faience owed much of its popularity to the patronage of the ‘tea clubs’.

1940 B. Leach Potter's Bk. ii. 28 The low temperature at which Raku is fired brings the making of pots within the range of any enthusiast.

1979 C. McCarry Better Angels ii. i. 105 The elegant old man pouring tea into Raku bowls.

1992 Scottsdale Mag. (Arizona) Summer 123 Raku is an ancient Japanese process in which a low fired clay is bisque fired, glaze fired and while still molten hot, placed in sawdust or hay to carbonize and turn a burnt, charcoal color.

2002 J. Eugenides Middlesex iv. 489 Drinking green tea out of a fired raku cup.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	raku
释义	rakun. Brit. /ˈrɑːkuː/, U.S. /ˈrɑˌku/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese raku. Etymology: < Japanese raku (1716 or earlier), shortened < rakuyaki raku pottery (1684 or earlier) < raku ease, comfort, enjoyment ( < Middle Chinese) + yaki pottery (nominalized stem of yaku to bake, fire, cook).This style of pottery is commonly thought to take its name from a gold seal showing the kanji character for Japanese raku, said to have been awarded in the late 16th cent. to the adopted son of the potter who founded the Raku lineage. Compare:1882 C. Dresser Japan ii. iv. 371 Shôgun [sic] Taikosama..honoured this particular manufacture with a golden seal, on which the character ‘raku’ (meaning enjoyment) was engraved. A variety of usually low-fired lead-glazed Japanese pottery, often used as tea bowls and similar utensils; pottery made elsewhere in imitation of this; (also) the process by which this pottery is created. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > Japanese pottery satsuma1866 raku1875 shippo1875 Seto1881 Yayoi1960 1875 G. A. Audsley & J. L. Bowes Keramic Art Japan I. 52 Raku is occasionally covered with lacquer, and it is made in other places than in Kioto. 1882 C. Dresser Japan ii. iv. 371 The competition for objects specially valued (as some of these black raku cups) was such that wars were often waged between Daimios with the sole view of possessing certain coveted goods. 1890 B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 278 The Raku faience owed much of its popularity to the patronage of the ‘tea clubs’. 1940 B. Leach Potter's Bk. ii. 28 The low temperature at which Raku is fired brings the making of pots within the range of any enthusiast. 1979 C. McCarry Better Angels ii. i. 105 The elegant old man pouring tea into Raku bowls. 1992 Scottsdale Mag. (Arizona) Summer 123 Raku is an ancient Japanese process in which a low fired clay is bisque fired, glaze fired and while still molten hot, placed in sawdust or hay to carbonize and turn a burnt, charcoal color. 2002 J. Eugenides Middlesex iv. 489 Drinking green tea out of a fired raku cup. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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