筆ひっ硯けん

noun

writing brush and inkstone

Literary term referring to the two essential tools of traditional calligraphy and writing.

• 彼かれは筆ひっ硯けんを携たずさえて旅たびに出でた。

  He set out on a journey carrying his brush and inkstone.

noun

writing; composition

Formal, literary term for the act of writing or literary composition; often used in classical contexts.

• 筆ひっ硯けんに親したしむ日ひ々びを送おくっている。

  I spend my days engaged in writing.

noun

daily life of a writer

Used in letters to refer to one's own writing life; a humble, literary expression.

• 筆ひっ硯けんの折おり、ふと昔むかしのことを思おもい出だしました。

  In the course of my writing life, I suddenly recalled old times.