Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea explores these distinctive, hand-molded ceramics and their close relationship to Japanese tea culture. This exhibition features tea bowls, water containers, and ...

For some 450 years the Raku family of potters has maintained a tradition of teaware ceramics epitomizing the wabi-cha aesthetic of the great Sen no Rikyū. We talked to Raku Kichizaemon, the ...

For 15 generations, just one family has crafted the hand-sculpted (rather than wheel-thrown) Japanese pottery known as Raku, which uses a low-fire technique to produce ceramic objects that bear an ...

Raku is one example and she wanted her students to experience it first-hand. She applied for and received an Arts Education Grant from the Council on Culture & Arts.

Black Raku chawan, ... After the bowl was packed up and I sat in the transport company’s truck, I could see that person giving a hand clap, as given in worship at a Shintō shrine, ...

“Raku raku” means “comfortable” or “easy” in Japanese, and it’s clear from the moment you switch the screen on that the F12-D has been designed around those principles.

To me, Raku was a pleasant, modestly hip gift shop in Claremont where I could pick up high-style gift wrap, handmade greeting cards and occasionally a witty, retro-themed present. Home decor, soaps… ...

Raku is a traditional Japanese ceramic firing technique from the 16th century. The pots were usually hand-formed from a red clay and used for tea ceremonies. Today, potters are attracted by Raku’s ...

It's been more than a year since NTT DoCoMo unveiled its F-12D Raku-Raku handset, so it's only natural the company would follow up with a successor in 2013. The Japanese firm just introduced the F ...

Raku means "pleasure," and the word derived from Jurakudai, the name of the recreation palace of warlord and art patron Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98).