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O no Yasumaro was a prominent Japanese nobleman and scholar of the Nara period. He was commissioned by the court to compile the Kojiki and collaborated closely with Hieda no Are, whose recited oral traditions formed the basis for the text. Yasumaro's work has been crucial in preserving Japan's culture and identity, shaping the nation's spiritual heritage. Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) was a British Japanologist who played a key role in introducing Japanese culture and language to the West during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a prolific writer and translator of Japanese works including The Classical Poetry of the Japanese, Things Japanese and Japanese Fairy Tales. Matthieu Felt is Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of Florida, where he teaches courses on Japanese literature and culture. He received his Ph.D. in Japanese literature from Columbia University and is the author of Meanings of Antiquity: Myth Interpretation in Premodern Japan. He is currently working on a two-volume translation of The Chronicles of Japan for Oxford University Press.
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