Studies in this volume rely on East Asian languages and their writing systems, in modern and premodern forms. Transcription and methods of romanization have been left to the discretion of individual authors based on current practice in their respective fields, and they sometimes differ between chapters. Romanized terms are given in italics, unless their usage is well established in English. All English-language translations are by individual contributors unless otherwise noted.

Throughout the volume, names have been written following the East Asian convention of family name before given name, except when referencing an author of scholarship published in English, including the contributors to this volume, or an artist whose name is customarily given in a different order.