Kazumitsu Ito 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 seven books in Japan: Data Analysis of Japanese Literature; English Translation of Basho's Linked Verse; Basho's Linked Verse-A Complete Translation; Essays on Miyazawa Kenji and Endo Shusaku; Selected 15 Poems in Modern Japan; Essays on Japanese Literature; and The Meaning of Living. In addition, he will publish three books in the United States: Statistical Data Analysis of Japanese Literature; Basho's Linked Verse; and this b.