Ito, Kazumitsu: - He earned his M.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1995, and his Master's degree in Japan Studies from the Open University of Japan in 2022. He has published five books in Japan: Data Analysis of Japanese Literature; English Translation of Basho's Linked Verse and Comments concerning Statistics; Basho's Linked Verse: A Complete Translation; Essays on Miyazawa Kenji and Endo Shusaku; and Selected 15 Poems in Modern Japan. In addition, he will publish two books in the United States: Statistical Data Analysis of Japanese Literature, and this book.