閨けい秀しゅう作さっ家か

noun

woman writer; female author

A somewhat literary or formal term for a female writer, often used in literary criticism or historical contexts. The word 閨秀 originally referred to a woman of refined upbringing or a lady of the inner chambers.

• 彼かの女じょは明めい治じ時じ代だいを代だい表ひょうする閨けい秀しゅう作さっ家かの一人ひとりだ。

  She is one of the representative woman writers of the Meiji era.

• この文ぶん芸げい誌しは閨けい秀しゅう作さっ家かの作さく品ひんを特とく集しゅうしている。

  This literary magazine features works by female authors.