Shakuhachi was introduced to Japan more than 1,300 years ago. According to records, shakuhachi was passed down from China from the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty (581-618 AD), which is equivalent to the Nara period in Japan as a musical instrument for playing the elegant music of the Tang Dynasty. From the 20th year (600) of Emperor Gaozu of the Su...

During the Sui and Tang dynasties in China, the shakuhachi became one of the main musical instruments in the court. "New Book of Tang - Biography of Lu Cai": "During the period of Zhenguan (627-649), the filial piety and grandson of the ancestors lost the musical rhythm, and it was even more difficult to make a decision with the musicians Wang Changtong and Bai Mingda. In the middle, Wang Gui and ...