Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 49:1 (1994) 131–33Myōe the Dreamkeeper: Fantasy and Knowledge in Early Kamakura Buddhism by George J. Tanabe, Jr.James H. Foard- MN 49:1 (1994) 133–35Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan by William M. BodifordBernard Faure
- MN 49:1 (1994) 136–37Voluntary Death in Japan by Maurice Pinguet, Rosemary MorrisStuart D. B. Picken
MN 48:4 (1993) 489–91Origins of Modern Japanese Literature by Kōjin Karatani, Brett de BaryCharles Shirō Inouye- MN 48:4 (1993) 491–93Three Modern Novelists: Sōseki, Tanizaki, Kawabata by Van C. GesselSusan J. Napier
- MN 48:4 (1993) 493–96The Writings of Kōda Aya, a Japanese Literary Daughter by Alan M. TansmanAnn Sherif
- MN 48:4 (1993) 496–99Rats’ Nests: The Collected Poetry of Hagiwara Sakutarō by Robert EppSarah M. Strong
- MN 48:4 (1993) 499–501Ambivalent Moderns: Portraits of Japanese Cultural Identity by Lawrence OlsonShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 48:4 (1993) 501–504Confucian Values and Popular Zen: Sekimon Shingaku in Eighteenth-Century Japan by Janine Anderson SawadaJohn Allen Tucker
- MN 48:4 (1993) 504–506Japan Through American Eyes: The Journal of Francis Hall, Kanagawa and Yokohama, 1859–1866 by F. G. NotehelferJames L. Huffman
- MN 48:4 (1993) 506–509The Autobiography of Ōsugi Sakae by Byron K. MarshallRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 48:4 (1993) 509–510Japan’s Struggle with Internationalism: Japan, China and the League of Nations, 1931–1933 by Ian NishE. Bruce Reynolds
- MN 48:4 (1993) 511–513Women and Japanese Management: Discrimination and Reform by Alice LamMary C. Brinton
- MN 48:4 (1993) 513–515Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan by Mary C. BrintonAlice Lam
- MN 48:4 (1993) 515–518Cultural Nationalism in Contemporary Japan: A Sociological Enquiry by Kosaku YoshinoHarumi Befu
- MN 48:4 (1993) 518–521The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History by Allan G. GrapardRichard A. Gardner
- MN 48:4 (1993) 521–526Chan Insights and Oversights: An Epistemological Critique of the Chan Tradition by Bernard FaureJoseph S. O'Leary
- MN 48:4 (1993) 526–529Eloquent Zen: Daitō and Early Japanese Zen by Kenneth KraftDennis Lishka
- MN 48:4 (1993) 529–531Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan by William R. LaFleurRichard Fox Young
- MN 48:4 (1993) 532–535The Japanese Theatre: From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Plurality by Benito OrtolaniJames R. Brandon
- MN 48:4 (1993) 53517th-Century Japan: A Time of Mystery and Isolation. 120 Paintings by Yusetsu Kaiho by Yusetsu KaihoMichael Cooper
MN 48:3 (1993) 381–84Paragons of the Ordinary: The Biographical Literature of Mori Ōgai by Marvin MarcusStephen Snyder- MN 48:3 (1993) 384–86The Japanese and the Jesuits: Alessandro Valignano in Sixteenth-century Japan by J. F. MoranDiego R. Yūki
- MN 48:3 (1993) 386–89The Nature and Origins of Japanese Imperialism: A Reinterpretation of the Great Crisis of 1873 by Donald CalmanStewart Lone
- MN 48:3 (1993) 389–91Women and Millenarian Protest in Meiji Japan: Deguchi Nao and Ōmotokyō by Emily Groszos OomsHarry Byron Earhart
- MN 48:3 (1993) 391–93The Japanese Monarchy, 1931–1991: Ambassador Joseph Grew and the Making of the ‘Symbol Emperor System’ by Nakamura Masanori, Herbert P. Bix, Jonathan Baker-Bates, Derek BowenStephen S. Large
- MN 48:3 (1993) 394–96Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema under the American Occupation, 1945–1952. by Kyoko HiranoThomas W. Burkman
- MN 48:3 (1993) 396–98Education Reform in Postwar Japan: The 1946 U. S. Education Mission by Gary M. TsuchimochiGary DeCoker
- MN 48:3 (1993) 398–401Ideology and Practice in Modern Japan by Roger Goodman, Kirsten RefsingAlexander M. Kabanoff
- MN 48:3 (1993) 401–403Changing Japanese Suburbia: A Study of Two Present-Day Localities by Eyal Ben-AriWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 48:3 (1993) 403–406Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility by Takie Sugiyama LebraRobert J. Smith
MN 48:2 (1993) 261–64Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan’s Military, 500–1300 by William Wayne FarrisKarl F. Friday- MN 48:2 (1993) 265–67The Geography of Power in Medieval Japan by Thomas KeirsteadKristina Kade Troost
- MN 48:2 (1993) 267–70The Historic City of Nara: An Archaeological Approach by Tsuboi Kiyotari, Tanaka Migaku, David W. Hughes, Gina L. BarnesJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 48:2 (1993) 270–71Academic Freedom and the Japanese Imperial University, 1868–1939 by Byron K. MarshallRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 48:2 (1993) 272–73Sowing the Seeds of Change: Chinese Students, Japanese Teachers, 1895–1905 by Paula HarrellJoshua A. Fogel
- MN 48:2 (1993) 273–75Alternative Japanese Drama: Ten Plays by Robert T. Rolf, John K. GillespieMari Boyd
- MN 48:2 (1993) 276–78Il corpo e il paradiso: Esperienze ascetiche in Asia Orientale by Massimo RaveriFosco Maraini
- MN 48:2 (1993) 278–80Refuge of the Honored: Social Organization in a Japanese Retirement Community by Yasuhito Kinoshita, Christie W. KieferSepp Linhart
- MN 48:2 (1993) 281–82The Japanese Woman: Traditional Image and Changing Reality by Sumiko IwaoTakie Sugiyama Lebra
- MN 48:2 (1993) 282–84The Japanese Overseas: Can They Go Home Again? by Merry WhiteDavid W. Plath
- MN 48:2 (1993) 285–87Othernesses of Japan: Historical and Cultural Influences on Japanese Studies in Ten Countries by Harumi Befu, Josef KreinerEyal Ben-Ari
- MN 48:2 (1993) 287–89Japanese Biographies: Life Histories, Life Cycles, Life Stages by Susanne Formanek, Sepp LinhartAnne E. Imamura
- MN 48:2 (1993) 289–91Ukiyo-e Paintings in the British Museum by Timothy ClarkDonald Jenkins
MN 48:1 (1993) 115–16Genji Gaiden: The Origins of Kumazawa Banzan’s Commentary on The Tale of Genji by James McMullenAileen Gatten- MN 48:1 (1993) 116–19Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology by Steven D. CarterMark Morris
- MN 48:1 (1993) 120–21Poèmes du Zen des Cinq-Montagnes by Alain-Louis ColasMarian Ury
- MN 48:1 (1993) 121–24Servants, Shophands, and Laborers in the Cities of Tokugawa Japan by Gary P. LeuppConstantine Nomikos Vaporis