also: ぼっきゃく
He is known as one of the foremost literary artists of our time.
Many writers and painters visited this place and left their works behind.
writers and artists; literati
poets and artists; literati
Standard kanji form; the reading ぼっきゃく is a less common variant.
Rare variant reading; ぼっかく is the usual pronunciation.
Composed of 墨 (ink) and 客 (guest, person), suggesting a person who works with ink. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used in classical Chinese and Japanese to refer to calligraphers, painters, and writers.