(Jap. Tōyō Ongaku-gakkai).
Society founded in 1936 by Hisao Tanabe, Kenzō Hayashi, Shigeo Kishibe and others. Its objective is systematic research in Asian music, including Japanese, and the promotion of musicological activities in Japan. Its membership in 1995 was about 740. Since its foundation, the society has issued a yearly journal, Tōyō Ongaku Kenkyū (Journal of the Society for Research in Asiatic Music).
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