Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 50:2 (1995) 137–70Off with Their Heads! The Hirata Disciples and the Ashikaga ShogunsAnne Walthall- MN 50:2 (1995) 171–88Mass or Matsuri?: The Oyashiki-sama Ceremony on IkitsukiStephen Turnbull
- MN 50:2 (1995) 189–234A Dutch New Year at the Shirandō Academy: 1 January 1795Reinier H. Hesselink
- MN 50:2 (1995) 235–61The Visions of a Creative Artist: Zenchiku’s Rokurin Ichiro Treatises (Part 1)Mark J. Nearman
MN 50:1 (1995) 1–46Putting Makoto into Practice: Onitsura’s HitorigotoCheryl Crowley- MN 50:1 (1995) 47–65Commerce, Politics, and Tea: The Career of Imai SōkyūAndrew M. Watsky
- MN 50:1 (1995) 67–102The Splendor of Self-Exaltation: The Life and Fiction of Okamoto KanokoMaryellen Toman Mori
- MN 50:1 (1995) 103–16Cultural Survey, 1994
- MN 50:1 (1995) 117–21The Gem-Glistening CupEarl Miner
MN 49:4 (1994) 391–412The Making of a Femme Fatale: Ono no Komachi in the Early Medieval CommentariesSarah M. Strong- MN 49:4 (1994) 413–21The British Model: Inoue Kowashi and the Ideal Monarchical SystemGeorge Akita and Yoshihiro Hirose
- MN 49:4 (1994) 423–53What’s in a Name? Fujiwara Fixation in Japanese Cultural HistoryMimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
- MN 49:4 (1994) 455–69High’ versus ‘Low’: The Fude no Saga Controversy and Bakumatsu PoeticsRoger K. Thomas
- MN 49:4 (1994) 471–87Japanese Shorthand and SokkibonJ. Scott Miller
MN 49:3 (1994) 287–314Fantasies, Fairies, and Electric Dreams: Satō Haruo’s Critique of TaishōStephen Dodd- MN 49:3 (1994) 315–29Yakaku Teikinshō: Secret Teachings of the Sesonji School of CalligraphyAlex Kerr and Gary DeCoker
- MN 49:3 (1994) 331–51The Assassination of Henry HeuskenReinier H. Hesselink
- MN 49:3 (1994) 353–73Ōgai and the Problem of Fiction: Gan and Its AntecedentsStephen Snyder
MN 49:2 (1994) 139–65The Political Thought of Nishida KitarōPierre Lavelle- MN 49:2 (1994) 167–96Public Display and Changing Values: Early Meiji Exhibitions and Their PrecursorsPeter F. Kornicki
MN 49:1 (1994) 1–29Hitachi no Kuni FudokiMark C. Funke- MN 49:1 (1994) 31–60She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Shinjū and Shikidō ŌkagamiLawrence Rogers
- MN 49:1 (1994) 61–74Cultural Survey, 1993
- MN 49:1 (1994) 75–87A Celebration of ArtPatricia J. Graham
- MN 49:1 (1994) 89–95Different StrokesDavid Pollack
MN 48:4 (1993) 407–28The Strangest Place in Edo: The Temple of the Five Hundred ArhatsTimon Screech- MN 48:4 (1993) 429–67The Meaning of Matrilocality: Kinship, Property, and Politics in Mid-HeianPeter Nickerson
- MN 48:4 (1993) 469–88Kokoro and ‘the Spirit of Meiji’Isamu Fukuchi
MN 48:3 (1993) 293–314The Persecution of Confucianism in Early Tokugawa JapanBeatrice Bodart-Bailey- MN 48:3 (1993) 315–36Yamanaka Shinten’ō: The Albatross of Japanese PaintingStephen Addiss
- MN 48:3 (1993) 337–57Scholarship and Ideology in Conflict: The Kume Affair, 1892Margaret Mehl
- MN 48:3 (1993) 359–80The Ōe ConversationsMarian Ury
MN 48:2 (1993) 147–66The Stage Observed: Western Attitudes toward Japanese TheatreUry Eppstein- MN 48:2 (1993) 167–203Fushimi-in Nijūban Uta-awaseRobert N. Huey
- MN 48:2 (1993) 205–24Wasan and the Physics that Wasn’t: Mathematics in the Tokugawa PeriodMark Ravina
- MN 48:2 (1993) 225–45Attaining Union with the Gods: The Secret Books of Watarai ShintoMark Teeuwen
- MN 48:2 (1993) 247–59Cultural Survey, 1992
MN 48:1 (1993) 1–31The Invention of a Literary Tradition of Male Love: Kitamura Kigin’s IwatsutsujiPaul Gordon Schalow- MN 48:1 (1993) 33–52The House of Gold: Fujiwara Kiyohira’s KonjikidōMimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
- MN 48:1 (1993) 53–88How to Write a Noh Play: Zeami’s SandōShelley Fenno Quinn
- MN 48:1 (1993) 89–99Two Artists of the Edo PeriodPatricia J. Graham
- MN 48:1 (1993) 101–108Japonisme in the WestMarie-Thérèse Barrett
- MN 48:1 (1993) 109–14Flowing TracesMimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
MN 47:4 (1992) 435–67Religious Life of the Kamakura Bushi: Kumagai Naozane and His DescendantsFumiko Miyazaki- MN 47:4 (1992) 469–93Notable Tales Old and New: Tachibana Narisue’s Kokon ChomonjūYoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 47:4 (1992) 495–519The Bulls of Chōmyōji: A Joint Work by Sōtatsu and MitsuhiroSandy Kita
- MN 47:4 (1992) 521–526Ineffable Words, Unmentionable DeedsT. Griffith Foulk
MN 47:3 (1992) 299–321Suki and Religious Awakening: Kamo no Chōmei’s HosshinshūRajyashree Pandey