Edward Seidensticker (1921–2007)

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1. Donald Keene

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2. Edward Seidensticker

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3. George Sansom

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4. Herbert Kubly

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5. Ivan Morris

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6. Oliver Statler

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7. Desmond Stewart

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8. William Weber Johnson

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9. Sōseki Natsume

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10. Ian Buruma

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11. Robert St. John

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12. Eugene Rachlis

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13. Elizabeth Bishop

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14. Robert Coughlan

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15. John David Morley

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16. Stanley Karnow

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17. Carter Harman

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18. Donald Richie

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20. Brian Moore

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