Scraps of paper cut out like this were called 'dankan' (fragments); among the entire collection of the Koya-gire volume of the Kokinshu, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI had possession of the dankan appearing at the beginning of scroll nine, the 17th line. |
こうして切断された紙片のことを「断簡」と称するが、高野切本古今和歌集のうち、巻九の巻頭の17行分の断簡は豊臣秀吉が所持していた。 |