FUJIWARA no Moronaga, Daijo-daijin (Grand Minister) of the time, believing that there is no one in Japan who could play biwa as well as he could, left for China seeking for a master of biwa.
時の太政大臣藤原師長は、自分ほどの琵琶の名手はもはや日本にはいないと考え、琵琶の名手を求めて唐に旅立つ。