筆致

• 読み: ひっち
• ローマ字: hitchi
• 漢字の分解: 筆 (hitsu) — brush, pen; 致 (chi) — manner, achieved effect, style
• 発音: /çit.tɕi/

意味

The touch or manner of writing or painting; an author's or artist's individual style as expressed through their brush or pen.

A noun used in both literary and visual arts criticism to describe the distinctive quality of someone's creative execution. In literature, 筆致が軽やか (a light-footed prose style) or 筆致が重厚 (a weighty, dense style) describe narrative texture. In painting, it refers to the actual brushwork — the visible evidence of how the artist applied the medium. It is a subtle but essential term in Japanese critical vocabulary.

例文

1. この作家の筆致は簡潔でありながら、行間に豊かな情感をたたえている。
2. 写実的な筆致で描かれた人物像が、何十年経っても読者を魅了し続ける。
3. 若い頃の作品と晩年のものでは、筆致の変化が明らかに見て取れた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary criticism, art criticism, writing, painting

トーン: scholarly

起源と歴史

From 筆 (writing brush, pen) and 致 (to bring about, to attain, manner). The character 致 appears in words like 趣致 (tasteful style), implying the achieved quality or effect of the brush at work.

文化的背景

時代: Classical to modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated