RAKU

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Japanese, literally, pleasure; from the use of the character for this word on a seal given to the family of the potter who introduced the style Date: 1875 Japanese hand-modeled pottery that is fired at a low temperature and rapidly cooled, a process by which pottery is fired at a relatively low temperature and then moved while hot to a closed container with combustible materials (as paper or sawdust) that ignite and cause a reaction creating colors and patterns in the pottery's surface