Timothy Clark is Head of the Japanese Section in the Department of Asia at the British Museum, London.

C. Andrew Gerstle is Head of the Department of Japan and Korea and Professor of Japanese studies at SOAS, University of London.

Aki Ishigami is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto.

Akiko Yano is Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Department of Japan and Korea at SOAS, University of London.