擱かく筆ひつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

laying down the brush; stopping writing

A formal, literary term for ceasing to write, often used when an author finishes a work or a letter. Rare in modern everyday language; more common in classical or literary contexts.

• 作さっ家かは長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつを書かき終おえ、ここに擱かく筆ひつする。

  The author finished the long novel and here lays down the brush.

• 手て紙がみの最さい後ごに「擱かく筆ひつ」と記しるすことがある。

  Sometimes '擱筆' is written at the end of a letter.