The purpose of this thesis is to provide an example of traditional music education by examining the current status of traditional music education in Japan through an analysis of the contents related to traditional music in Japanese middle school music textbooks. It investigated the analysis of ratio of traditional music, analysis by genre, analysis by area, and analysis of major activities. The conclusion is as follows. First, the Japanese middle school music textbook contained all the contents of traditional music. Second, according to the analysis by the genre, vocal music contained the largest portion, and through analysis by area, vocal music was presented with other areas such as appreciation and instrumental music rather than singing. Third, contents related to traditional instrumental music were included in detail, reflecting Japanese’ government course guide’s “to allow more than one traditional instrument to be played.”