Christopher T. Keaveney is a Professor of the Humanities in the Global Liberal Arts Program at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. He has authored five books concerning Sino-Japanese literature and cultural exchange and Japanese cultural studies including his most recent book Western Rock Artists, Madame Butterfly, and the Allure of Japan. Keaveney is also a poet whose poetry has appeared in several dozen poetry journals, and he is the author of two collections of poetry including The Boy Who Ate Nothing But Sonnets.