断だん簡かん

noun

fragment of an old document; scrap of a historical manuscript

Formal or literary term for a surviving piece of an ancient or historical document, often used in contexts such as archives, museums, or scholarly works.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには、平へい安あん時じ代だいの断だん簡かんが数すう点てん展てん示じされている。

  Several fragments of Heian-period documents are on display at this museum.

• 古ふるい経きょう典てんの断だん簡かんから、当とう時じの信しん仰こうの様よう子すがうかがえる。

  From the scraps of old sutras, we can glimpse the religious practices of that time.