Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 56:2 (2001) 239–54The Anatomy of an Age: Interpretations of Modern History in Postwar Germany and JapanKlaus Vollmer
MN 56:1 (2001) 1–38Tadano Makuzu and Her Hitori KangaeBettina Gramlich-Oka- MN 56:1 (2001) 39–91Civil Administration on South Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands, 1945–1948: The Memoirs of Dmitrii N. KriukovMariya Sevela
- MN 56:1 (2001) 93–98Families-at-Risk in a Medieval TaleWilliam R. LaFleur
MN 55:4 (2000) 483–508Kano Tan’yū and Hōrin Jōshō: Patronage and Artistic PracticeKaren M. Gerhart- MN 55:4 (2000) 509–536Benshi and the Introduction of Motion Pictures to JapanJeffrey A. Dym
- MN 55:4 (2000) 537–566Looking from Within and Without: Ancient and Medieval External RelationsCharlotte von Verschuer
- MN 55:4 (2000) 567–577The Nobumitsu Portrait Inscription: An Annotated TranslationBeng Choo Lim
- MN 55:4 (2000) 579–591Julius Klaproth and His WorksPeter F. Kornicki
MN 55:3 (2000) 327–68Shadows of Transgression: Heian and Kamakura Constructions of ProstitutionJanet R. Goodwin- MN 55:3 (2000) 369–98Interview with a Bakumatsu Official: A Translation from Kyūji Shimonroku (Part 1)Anna Beerens
- MN 55:3 (2000) 399–427Song as Cultural History: Reading Wakan Rōeishū (Part 2: Interpretations)Ivo Smits
- MN 55:3 (2000) 429–39Nativism RestoredJohn Breen
MN 55:2 (2000) 163–98Who Can’t Read and Write? Illiteracy in Meiji JapanRichard Rubinger- MN 55:2 (2000) 199–224The Pleasure Quarters of Edo and Nanjing as Metaphor: The Records of Yu Huai and Narushima RyūhokuEmanuel Pastreich
- MN 55:2 (2000) 225–56Song as Cultural History: Reading Wakan Rōeishū (Part 1: Texts)Ivo Smits
- MN 55:2 (2000) 257–69Shunga: Function, Context, MethodologyAllen Hockley
- MN 55:2 (2000) 271–81Performing TheoryDennis Washburn
MN 55:1 (2000) 1–43Record of an Autumn Wind: The Travel Diary of Arii ShokyūHiroaki Sato- MN 55:1 (2000) 45–81Elegance, Prosperity, Crisis: Three Generations of Tokugawa Village ElitesBrian W. Platt
- MN 55:1 (2000) 83–108Kajin no Kigū: The Meiji Political Novel and the Boundaries of LiteratureAtsuko Sakaki
- MN 55:1 (2000) 109–20His Story of Japan: Engelbert Kaempfer’s Manuscript in a New TranslationWolfgang Michel
MN 54:4 (1999) 521–528War, Memory, Literature: Does Comparison Make Sense?Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit- MN 54:4 (1999) 509–520Itō Jinsai and the Meanings of WordsI. J. McMullen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 481–507From Conqueror of Evil to Devil King: Ryōgen and Notions of Ma in Medieval Japanese BuddhismHaruko Wakabayashi
- MN 54:4 (1999) 435–80“I Am I”: Genji and MurasakiRoyall Tyler
MN 54:3 (1999) 387–93Mastering HentaiganaAileen Gatten- MN 54:3 (1999) 361–85Myth in Metamorphosis: Ancient and Medieval Versions of the Yamatotakeru LegendJun'ichi Isomae
- MN 54:3 (1999) 333–60Quest for a New Written Language: Western Rhetoric and the Genbun Itchi MovementMassimiliano Tomasi
- MN 54:3 (1999) 305–31Bamboo Voice Peach Blossom: Speech, Silence, and Subjective ExperienceMatthew Mizenko
MN 54:2 (1999) 259–65“To Learn What Fear Was”: Comparative Studies at the AbyssIrmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit- MN 54:2 (1999) 247–58Approaches to Ogyū Sorai: Translation and TransculturalizationW. J. Boot
- MN 54:2 (1999) 217–46Lost in the Cosmos and the Need to KnowRichard A. Gardner
- MN 54:2 (1999) 195–215Izumi Kyōka’s Uta Andon: Between Anachronism and the Avant-gardeChiyoko Kawakami
- MN 54:2 (1999) 169–94Legends, Secrets, and Authority: Hachijō Kadensho and Early Modern NohEric C. Rath
MN 54:1 (1999) 1–39Japan’s Foreign Relations 600 to 1200 A.D.: A Translation from Zenrin KokuhōkiCharlotte von Verschuer- MN 54:1 (1999) 41–73Cio-Cio-San and Sadayakko: Japanese Music-Theater in Madama ButterflyArthur Groos
- MN 54:1 (1999) 75–10Mirrors on Ancient Yamato: The Kurozuka Kofun Discovery and the Question of YamataiWalter Edwards
- MN 54:1 (1999) 111–21State Shinto: An “Independent Religion”?Mark Teeuwen
MN 53:4 (1998) 427–72The Poet and the Politician: Teika and the Compilation of the ShinchokusenshūIvo Smits- MN 53:4 (1998) 473–98The Significance of Bodies in Sōseki’s KokoroStephen Dodd
- MN 53:4 (1998) 499–515Japaneseness and the History of the BookHenry D. Smith II
- MN 53:4 (1998) 517–527The Sun Also Rises: Go-Daigo in RevoltReinhard Zöllner
- MN 53:4 (1998) 529–547Her Story So FarMark Morris
MN 53:3 (1998) 303–34Trade, Money, and Merchants in Nara JapanWilliam Wayne Farris- MN 53:3 (1998) 335–58Tokugawa Translations of Dutch Legal TextsF. B. Verwayen
- MN 53:3 (1998) 359–73From Grand Narrative to YakisobaF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 53:3 (1998) 375–81Medieval and Early Modern Shinto ReconsideredYūichirō Tajiri