A writer of essays, typically literary or personal reflections.
He is a famous essayist who writes many essays about nature.
随筆家 is a more traditional, literary Japanese term for an essayist, while エッセイスト is the common modern loanword used in everyday and media contexts.
Standard modern kanji spelling.
Kyūjitai form; rarely used in modern writing.
Compound of 随筆 (zuihitsu, 'essay') + 家 (ka, 'person, specialist').