Jun'ichi Isomae is Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto. He specializes in Religious Studies and Critical Theory, including the concept of the divine. His books include Japanese Mythology: Hermeneutics on Scripture (2010) and Religious Discourse in Modern Japan: Religion, State, and Shinto (2014).

Hiroshi Araki is a Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan. His books include Konjaku Monogatarishu: Tracing its Composition and Representation of the World Outside Japan (2021), Kojidan, Zoku, Kojidan (2005) and Projecting Classicism: The Futurology of Japanese Classics (2020). 

Gouranga Charan Pradhan is a Research Fellow at Nichibunken, Kyoto, where he researches the global circulation of Japanese classical literature and cultural-intellectual interactions abroad with a focus on the late-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century. His first monograph Sekai Bungaku toshite no Ho?jo?ki is scheduled for February 2022.