水みず茎ぐき

noun

writing brush

Literary or poetic term for a brush used in calligraphy or writing. Not an everyday word; 筆 (ふで) is the common modern term.

• 水みず茎ぐきの跡あとも美うつくしいかなの手て紙がみだった。

  It was a kana letter with beautiful brushwork.

noun

writing; handwriting

Elevated, literary term for written characters or handwriting, often with an aesthetic connotation. Rare in modern speech.

• 古ふるい巻まき物ものに残のこる水みず茎ぐきを読よみ解とく。

  Decipher the handwriting left on the old scroll.