Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 47:3 (1992) 323–46Painted Poems, Forgotten Words: Poem-Pictures and Classical Japanese LiteratureJoshua S. Mostow- MN 47:3 (1992) 347–68Strange Fates: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Torikaebaya MonogatariGregory M. Pflugfelder
- MN 47:3 (1992) 369–87Religion Concealed: The Kakure Kirishitan on NarushimaChristal Whelan
MN 47:2 (1992) 163–202Bonshōgatsu: Festivals and State Power in KanazawaJames L. McClain- MN 47:2 (1992) 203–40Takasago: The Symbolism of the PineRichard A. Gardner
- MN 47:2 (1992) 241–63Innocence and the Other World: The Tales of Miyazawa KenjiTakao Hagiwara
- MN 47:2 (1992) 265–72The Brits in JapanMichael Cooper
MN 47:1 (1992) 1–25Opium, Expulsion, Sovereignty: China’s Lessons for Bakumatsu JapanBob Tadashi Wakabayashi- MN 47:1 (1992) 27–58The Shinto of Yoshida Kanetomo (Part 1)Allan G. Grapard
- MN 47:1 (1992) 59–76Preindustrial River Conservancy: Causes and ConsequencesConrad Totman
- MN 47:1 (1992) 77–97Religious Authority and Ritual Puppetry: The Case of Dōkumbō DenkiJane Marie Law
- MN 47:1 (1992) 99–105Cultural Survey, 1991
MN 46:4 (1991) 423–51Dharma Transmission in Sōtō Zen: Manzan Dōhaku’s Reform MovementWilliam M. Bodiford- MN 46:4 (1991) 453–81Shimazaki Tōson on WarSteve Rabson
- MN 46:4 (1991) 483–512Both a Borrower and a Lender Be: From Village Moneylender to Rural Banker in the Tempō EraRonald P. Toby
- MN 46:4 (1991) 513–541Mirroring SaikakuChristopher Drake
MN 46:3 (1991) 275–91Takamura MonogatariWard Geddes- MN 46:3 (1991) 293–327Engrafted System: Mori Arinori’s Representation ProposalsReinhard Zöllner
- MN 46:3 (1991) 329–47In My Image: The Ichiji Kinrin Statue at ChūsonjiMimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
- MN 46:3 (1991) 349–68Emperor Hirohito and Early Shōwa JapanStephen S. Large
MN 46:2 (1991) 147–71Twin Blossoms on a Single Branch: The Cycle of Retribution in OnnamenDoris G. Bargen- MN 46:2 (1991) 173–202Arts of War in Times of Peace (Part 3): Swordsmanship in Honchō Bugei Shōden, Chapter 6John M. Rogers
- MN 46:2 (1991) 203–209Nishida and the Question of NationalismMichiko Yusa
- MN 46:2 (1991) 211–35Yoshinogari: A Yayoi Settlement in Northern KyushuGina L. Barnes and Mark J. Hudson
- MN 46:2 (1991) 237–52The Middle Ages Survey’dCarl Steenstrup
MN 46:1 (1991) 1–20The Abominable Tachikawa Skull RitualJames H. Sanford- MN 46:1 (1991) 21–41The Way of the Gods: Motoori Norinaga’s Naobi no MitamaSey Nishimura
- MN 46:1 (1991) 43–68Water Imagery in the Work of Izumi KyōkaCharles Shirō Inouye
- MN 46:1 (1991) 69–90Land of the Rising Sun: The Predominant East-West Axis among the Early JapaneseEdwina Palmer
- MN 46:1 (1991) 91–103Japanese Castaways and British InterpretersW. G. Beasley
- MN 46:1 (1991) 105–10Cultural Survey, 1990
MN 45:4 (1990) 391–411The Very Idea: The Notion of Ideogram in China and JapanJ. Marshall Unger- MN 45:4 (1990) 413–47Arts of War in Times of Peace (Part 2): Swordsmanship in Honchō Bugei Shōden, Chapter 5John M. Rogers
- MN 45:4 (1990) 449–70Mokkan: Wooden Documents from the Nara PeriodJoan R. Piggott
MN 45:3 (1990) 253–84Arts of War in Times of Peace (Part 1): Archery in Honchō Bugei ShōdenJohn M. Rogers- MN 45:3 (1990) 285–306Tōkoku at MatsushimaMichael C. Brownstein
- MN 45:3 (1990) 339–52Toward a History of Twentieth-Century JapanSheldon Garon
MN 45:2 (1990) 127–55Edo in 1868: The View from BelowM. William Steele- MN 45:2 (1990) 157–88Poetic Apprenticeship: Fujiwara Teika’s Shogaku HyakushuRoselee Bundy
- MN 45:2 (1990) 189–205The Japonian Charters: The English and Dutch ShuinjōDerek Massarella and Izumi K. Tytler
- MN 45:2 (1990) 207–28Meiji in the Rear-View Mirror: Top Down vs. Bottom Up HistoryF. G. Notehelfer
MN 45:1 (1990) 1–26The Consort and the Warrior: Yōkihi MonogatariMasako Nakagawa Graham- MN 45:1 (1990) 27–38The Great Feast of the EnthronementFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 45:1 (1990) 39–74Ghostwriters and Literary Haunts: Subordinating Ethics to Art in Ugetsu MonogatariDennis Washburn
- MN 45:1 (1990) 75–85Saddle Bows and Rump Plumes: More on the Fujinoki TombJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 45:1 (1990) 87–94Cultural Survey, 1989
MN 44:4 (1989) 415–60The Fujinoki SarcophagusJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.- MN 44:4 (1989) 461–83Caveat Viator: Advice to Travelers in the Edo PeriodConstantine N. Vaporis