The Japanese novelist Tanizaki Junichiro once described lacquer ware thus: "For eating on, earthenware plates aren't bad, but they don't have the dark and deep feeling of lacquer ware. When you hold earthenware, it feels heavy and cold. Because it is a good conductor of heat, it is not good for holding hot things. Furthermore, use of the stuff can cause quite a clatter.
日本的小說家谷崎潤一郎曾經對漆器有過這樣一段描寫：「食器之中，陶器雖不差，但陶器並無漆器之陰翳、深味；手觸陶器，覺其重、冷，而且傳熱快，盛熱質物是不便的，又有叮叮之響聲。