Joshua S. Mostow, Ph.D. (1988), is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He has published monographs, translations, and many articles on Japanese premodern literature and visual culture, including Courtly Visions: "The Ise Stories" and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation (Brill, 2014).
Yamamoto Tokurō, Ph.D. (2001) is Professor Emeritus of Kansai University. He is the leading authority on Ise monogatari and author of several monographs and articles, including Ise monogatari ron: buntai, shudai, kyōju (Kasama Shoin, 2001).
Kurtis Hanlon is a graduate student in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.

In An "Ise monogatari" Reader, eleven international scholars present cutting-edge research on this canonical literary work, its history, influence, commentary tradition, and early modern publishing history.