彩さい管かん

noun

artist's brush; painting brush

A somewhat literary or elegant term for a brush used in painting or calligraphy. In modern everyday language, 絵筆 (えふで) or 筆 (ふで) are more common.

• 彼かれは彩さい管かんをとり、静しずかに描えがき始はじめた。

  He took up his brush and quietly began to paint.