Tōgaku (唐楽, literally "Tang dynasty music") is theJapanese pronunciation of an early style of music and dance from theTang dynasty inChina.Tōgaku was introduced into Japanese culture from China no earlier than the 8th century, and is still performed as one style of the imperial court music calledgagaku.

During the Nara period (710–794), music and dances continued to flow into the capital from many parts of Asia. Many styles were eventually organized under two basic categories ofgagaku. The first,tōgaku, consisted of pieces of Chinese and Indian origin, whilekomagaku included Manchurian, Korean, and many of the Japanese pieces. These two styles can be distinguished by their instrumentations.^[1]

The Korea equivalent oftōgaku (also introduced from China) is calleddangak.

The instruments used intōgaku are theshō,gakuso,shōko,hichiriki,ryūteki,taiko andkakko.

• Gagaku
• Yayue
• Korean court music
• Aak
• Dangak
• Hyangak
• Bongaku

• Laurence Picken (ed.).Music from the Tang Court: Volume 1–7. Cambridge University Press.

• Early Japanese music