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Professor in the Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Musashi University. She specializes in Shakespeare, theatre history, and feminist criticism. She is also an active Wikipedian. Her major publications include Women Who Enjoyed Shakespeare’s Plays (Hakusuisha, 2018), The Classroom of Criticism (Chikuma Shobo, 2021), and Sugar, Spice, and Something Explosive [Expanded Edition] (Chikuma Shobo, 2024).
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