Keywords: Tempyo Biwa Fu.jpg en The Tempyō Biwa Fu 天平琵琶 Tempyō Lute Score which is a single-sheet manuscript preserved at the Imperial Storehouse Shōsōin 正 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 fragment of a single tune entitled Fanjia Chong 番假崇 in the huangzhong diao 黃鐘調 mode Shōsōin no Gakki 正 院の楽器 Musical Instruments of the Imperial Storehouse Tōkyo 1967 Author circa 738 AD PD-old Sheet music from Japan Biwa Pipa music Shōsōin Japanese manuscripts |