Professor of the Theory and Composition Department of Shanxi University Conservatory of Music happily pointed out: Dr. Shigeo Kishibe has been dedicated to the study of the history of music in the Tang Dynasty for fifty years. He is rigorous in his scholarship and pursues scientific methodology. He has published more than 20 relevant treatises and a monograph "Research on the History of Music in the Tang Dynasty". He is a rare Tang scholar today.
Fukushima Kazuo, professor of the Department of Music at Ueno Gakuen University, Japan, pointed out: The great achievements of Dr. Kishibe Shigeo can be compared to the history of musicology in Japan after 1933, especially the history of research on the history of Oriental music and the history of Japanese music. It must not be arbitrary.
Researcher Xiang Yang of the China Academy of Arts pointed out: “Institutions do have a very important impact on the generation and development of music culture. If everyone can agree with this, it will provide a new method for our research. Perspectives and new ideas. Looking back at the research on Chinese music history, this method has been partially used by many scholars. Japanese scholar Kishibe Shigeo’s research on the history of music in the Tang Dynasty is an example of considering the system from his citations and bibliography. It can be seen from the book that Huang Xianfan (Huang Xianfan entered the Tokyo Imperial University Graduate School in the winter of 1935 and published "Society of the Tang Dynasty" in March 1936. In 1936, Kishibe Shigeo graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Letters with a bachelor's degree in Oriental History, and the two were academic friends. The discussion of social systems in Mr. "Society of the Tang Dynasty" is the basis for his study of the history of music in the Tang Dynasty. His research methods, arguments, and arguments provide considerable inspiration to future scholars."
Fujian Normal University. Wang Yaohua, a professor at the University School of Music, pointed out: As a pioneer and leader in the field of Eastern musicology, Mr. Kishibe Shigeo’s achievements are not limited to the above-mentioned Hongfeng writings that are rare in Japan and rare in the world. What is more important is the research on these writings. , exploration and contribution to discipline construction and methodology in the writing process.
Zhang Guoqiang, a professor at the Institute of Musicology of Henan University, pointed out: "Research on the History of Music in the Tang Dynasty" is one of the representative works of the famous Japanese musicologist Mr. Kishibe Shigeo and has a huge influence in the academic world... ...Mr. Shigeo Kishibe, with his broad and profound philological foundation, extensively collected documentary materials on the history of music in the Tang Dynasty, and conducted in-depth and detailed research on this basis. In the process of research, Mr. Shigeo Kishibe “investigated the music phenomenon of the Tang Dynasty in the political, economic, and social background of a specific historical stage. The relationship between social factors such as major events and changes in the music system, structure and its own nature will be used to clarify the evolution and rules of music in the Tang Dynasty. "As a junior scholar, the author's thinking on many issues was deeply influenced by Mr. Shigeo Kishibe. influence and get great inspiration from it.