Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
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
- MN 48:1 (1993) 124–27Kinsei Kōgaishi no Kenkyū by Andō SeiichiConrad Totman
- MN 48:1 (1993) 127–30Emperor Hirohito and Shōwa Japan: A Political Biography by Stephen S. LargeDavid A. Titus
- MN 48:1 (1993) 130–32A Study of Dōgen: His Philosophy and Religion by Masao Abe, Steven HeineDale S. Wright
- MN 48:1 (1993) 132–35Zen Awakening and Society by Christopher Ives, Abe Masao, John HickRobert E. Carter
- MN 48:1 (1993) 135–36Rennyo: The Second Founder of Shin Buddhism by Minor L. Rogers, Ann T. RogersPaul O. Ingram
- MN 48:1 (1993) 136–39The Jews and the Japanese: The Successful Outsiders by Ben-Ami ShillonySheila K. Johnson
- MN 48:1 (1993) 139–41Re-made in Japan: Everyday Life and Consumer Taste in a Changing Society by Joseph J. TobinWalter Edwards
- MN 48:1 (1993) 142–43Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library: A Catalogue of the Aston, Satow and von Siebold Collections by Nozomu Hayashi, Peter KornickiKenji Niki
MN 47:4 (1992) 527–529The Tale of Matsura: Fujiwara Teika’s Experiment in Fiction by Wayne P. LammersS. Yumiko Hulvey- MN 47:4 (1992) 529–532Murasaki’s Genji and Prouste’s Recherche: A Comparative Study by Shirley M. LouiMarian Ury
- MN 47:4 (1992) 532–535Visions of Desire: Tanizaki’s Fictional Worlds by Ken K. ItoNobuko Miyama Ochner
- MN 47:4 (1992) 535–537The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo by Rebecca L. CopelandAnn Sherif
- MN 47:4 (1992) 537–539Literary Relations East and West: Selected Essays by Jean Toyama, Nobuko OchnerReiko Tachibana Nemoto
- MN 47:4 (1992) 539–541Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History by Jeffrey P. MassJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 47:4 (1992) 541–544Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan by Karl F. FridayCarl Steenstrup
- MN 47:4 (1992) 544–546The Demography of Sociopolitical Conflict in Japan, 1721–1846 by James W. WhiteMark Ravina
- MN 47:4 (1992) 546–548China in the Tokugawa World by Marius B. JansenBob Tadashi Wakabayashi
- MN 47:4 (1992) 548–551The Establishment of the Japanese Constitutional System by Junji Banno, J. A. A. StockwinGeorge Akita
- MN 47:4 (1992) 551–553The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman by Kaneko Fumiko, Jean Inglis, Mikiso HanePatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 47:4 (1992) 554–556Tenkō: Ideology and Societal Integration in Prewar Japan by Patricia G. SteinhoffMiriam Silverberg
- MN 47:4 (1992) 557–559Janus-Faced Justice: Political Criminals in Imperial Japan by Richard H. MitchellJohn O. Haley
- MN 47:4 (1992) 560–561Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan by Richard B. FinnGrant K. Goodman
- MN 47:4 (1992) 561–563Flowering in the Shadows: Women in the History of Chinese and Japanese Painting by Marsha WeidnerPaul Berry
- MN 47:4 (1992) 564–565Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: Political and Economic Change in a Tōhoku Village by Jackson H. BaileyOk-pyo Moon
- MN 47:4 (1992) 566–568Japanese Social Organization by Takie Sugiyama LebraRoger Goodman
- MN 47:4 (1992) 569–571Authority Without Power: Law and the Japanese Paradox by John Owen HaleyLawrence Ward Beer
- MN 47:4 (1992) 571–574Les doctrines de l’école japonaise Tendaï au début du IXe siécle: Gishin et le Hokke-shū gi shū by Jean-Noël RobertWilliam M. Bodiford
- MN 47:4 (1992) 574–578Japanese Religion and Society: Paradigms of Structure and Change by Winston DavisHelen Hardacre
MN 47:3 (1992) 389–91Conversations with Shōtetsu by Robert H. Brower, Steven D. CarterRoselee Bundy- MN 47:3 (1992) 392–93Bashō and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary by Makoto UedaJames R. Morita
- MN 47:3 (1992) 393–95Mō Hitotsu no Chūseizō: Bikuni, Otogi Zōshi, Raisei by Barbara RuchVirginia Skord Waters
- MN 47:3 (1992) 395–97Zur Typologie der mittelalterlichen japanischen Lehrdichtungen: Vorüberlegungen anhand des ‘Kohon setsuwashū’ by Niels GülbergNicola Liscutin