Tempyo Biwa Fu
2011
biwa Japanese lute instrument. The "Tempyō Biwa Fu" 天平琵琶譜 [Tempyō Lute Score], which is a single-sheet manuscript preserved at the Imperial Storehouse (Shōsōin 正倉院) at Nara in Japan. This is the oldest surviving example of Chinese lute music in Japan, being dated to circa 738. The sheet comprises a
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