文房四宝(ぶんぼうしほう)

ぶんぼうしほう
noun
the four treasures of the study
formalartculturetool
1. the four treasures of the study (brush, ink, paper, inkstone)
The four essential tools of East Asian calligraphy and scholarship: brush, inkstick, paper and inkstone.
文房四宝(ぶんぼうしほう)を揃(そろ)えた。
I collected the four treasures of the study.
書道(しょどう)の道具(どうぐ)は文房四宝(ぶんぼうしほう)と呼(よ)ばれる。
Calligraphy tools are called the four treasures of the study.
文房四宝(ぶんぼうしほう)とは筆(ふで)・墨(すみ)・紙(かみ)・硯(すずり)のことで、昔(むかし)の文人(ぶんじん)はこれを大切(たいせつ)にした。
The four treasures of the study are brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and scholars of old prized them.

Usage

From Chinese: 文房(ぶんぼう) (a scholar's study) + 四宝(しほう) (four treasures). A formal, literary term; in a calligraphy class people simply say 書道(しょどう)具(ぐ) or 習字(しゅうじ)道具(どうぐ).

Related words

Related Words

Related: 筆(ふで) (brush)
Related: 墨(すみ) (inkstick, ink)
Related: 硯(すずり) (inkstone)
Related: 書道(しょどう) (calligraphy)
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Added 2026.10.4 21:48 · Revised 2026.10.4 21:49
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