Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 46:3 (1991) 392–95MacArthur’s Japanese Constitution: A Linguistic and Cultural Study of Its Making by Kyoko InoueThomas W. Burkman- MN 46:3 (1991) 395–98Zen Buddhism: A History by Heinrich Dumoulin, James W. Heisig, Paul Knitter. Volume 1: India and China; Volume 2: JapanRobert B. Zeuschner
- MN 46:3 (1991) 398–401Tao-sheng’s Commentary on the Lotus Sutra by Young-ho KimWilliam E. Deal
- MN 46:3 (1991) 401–403Selected Writings of Nichiren by Burton Watson, Philip B. YampolskyRichard K. Payne
- MN 46:3 (1991) 403–405The True Teaching, Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way: A Translation of Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō, Volume IV by Yoshifumi UedaRoger J. Corless
- MN 46:3 (1991) 406–408The Way of the Japanese Carpenter: Tools and Japanese Architecture by William H. CoaldrakeJordan Sand
- MN 46:3 (1991) 408–11Rakugo: The Popular Narrative Art of Japan by Heinz Morioka, Miyoko SasakiEdward Fowler
- MN 46:3 (1991) 411–14Losing Face: Status Politics in Japan by Susan J. PharrEllis S. Krauss
- MN 46:3 (1991) 415–17Education Reform in Japan: A Case of Immobilist Politics by Leonard James SchoppaEdward R. Beauchamp
- MN 46:3 (1991) 417–19Jinsei Annai, ‘Life’s Guide’: Glimpses of Japan Through a Popular Advice Column by John A. McKinstry, Asako Nakajima McKinstryMichael Cooper
MN 46:2 (1991) 253–55Kanshi: The Poetry of Ishikawa Jōzan and Other Edo-period Poets by Burton WatsonMarian Ury- MN 46:2 (1991) 255–58Acts of Worship: Seven Stories by Yukio Mishima, John BesterAlan Wolfe
- MN 46:2 (1991) 258–59Japan in Europa: Texte und Bilddokumente zur Europäischen Japankenntnis von Marco Polo bis Wilhelm von Humbolt by Peter KapitzaNorbert R. Adami
- MN 46:2 (1991) 259–61Life Along the South Manchurian Railway: The Memoirs of Itō Takeo by Joshua A. FogelAlvin D. Coox
- MN 46:2 (1991) 261–63Norito: A Translation of the Ancient Japanese Ritual Prayers by Donald L. PhilippiRichard A. Gardner
- MN 46:2 (1991) 263–66The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity by Royall TylerBruce Darling
- MN 46:2 (1991) 266–68An Inquiry into the Good by Kitarō Nishida, Masao Abe, Christopher IvesMichiko Yusa
- MN 46:2 (1991) 268–72Die Entsehung des Kabuki: Transkulturation Europa-Japan im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert by Thomas F. LeimsNicola Liscutin
- MN 46:2 (1991) 272–73Of Heretics and Martyrs in Meiji Japan: Buddhism and Its Persecution by James Edward KetelaarJohn Breen
- MN 46:2 (1991) 273–74The Cross and the Rising Sun: The Canadian Missionary Movement in the Japanese Empire, 1872–1931 by A. Hamish IonB. J. Evans
MN 46:1 (1991) 111–12A Cat, A Man, and Two Women: Stories by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki by Paul McCarthyVan C. Gessel- MN 46:1 (1991) 112–16Suicidal Narrative in Modern Japan: The Case of Dazai Osamu by Alan WolfeDavid Pollack
- MN 46:1 (1991) 116–19Was heißt: Japanische Literatur verstehen? Zur modernen japanischen Literatur und Literaturkritik by Irmela Hijiya-KirschnereitDoris G. Bargen
- MN 46:1 (1991) 119–20Das Japanbild im ‘Traktat’ (1585) des Luis Frois by Engelbert JorissenArcadio Schwade
- MN 46:1 (1991) 120–23Tokugawa Japan: The Social and Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan by Chie Nakane, Shinzaburō Ōishi, Conrad TotmanConstantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 46:1 (1991) 123–25Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan by Michael LewisAnne Walthall
- MN 46:1 (1991) 125–27Theater as Music: The Bunraku Play ‘Mt. Imo and Mt. Se: An Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue’ by C. Andrew Gerstle, Kiyoshi Inobe, William P. MalmA. Kimi Coaldrake
- MN 46:1 (1991) 128–30Impermanence is Buddha-nature: Dōgen’s Understanding of Temporality by Joan StambaughHee-Jin Kim
- MN 46:1 (1991) 130–32Sun at Midnight: Poems and Sermons by Musō Soseki by W. S. Merwin, Sōiku ShigematsuRobert E. Morrell
- MN 46:1 (1991) 133–36Nō-Theater: Szene und Dramaturgie, volks- und völkerkundliche Hintergründe by Günter ZobelDarko Suvin
- MN 46:1 (1991) 136–37Japanese Agriculture: Patterns of Rural Development by Richard H. MoorePenelope Francks
- MN 46:1 (1991) 138–40Factory Girls: Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan by E. Patricia TsurumiSally Ann Hastings
- MN 46:1 (1991) 140–41Office Ladies, Factory Women: Life and Work at a Japanese Company by Jeannie LoJoy Hendry
- MN 46:1 (1991) 141–44Unwrapping Japan: Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective by Eyal Ben-Ari, Brian Moeran, James ValentineWalter Edwards
- MN 46:1 (1991) 144–46Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake by Edward SeidenstickerPaul Waley
MN 45:4 (1990) 471–74Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan by Gary L. EbersoleGina L. Barnes- MN 45:4 (1990) 474–76Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō, Seishi Shinoda, Sanford GoldsteinMeera S. Viswanathan
- MN 45:4 (1990) 476–77Long, Long Autumn Nights: Selected Poems of Oguma Hideo, 1901–1940 by David G. GoodmanSteve Rabson
- MN 45:4 (1990) 478–80With Perry to Japan: A Memoir by William Heine by Frederic TrautmannM. William Steele
- MN 45:4 (1990) 480–82Nakae Ushikichi in China: The Mourning of Spirit by Joshua A. FogelBarbara Molony
- MN 45:4 (1990) 482–84An Instance of Treason: Ozaki Hotsumi and the Sorge Spy Ring by Chalmers JohnsonJohn J. Stephan
- MN 45:4 (1990) 485–86On a Riverboat Journey: A Handscroll by Itō Jakuchū, with Poems by Daiten trans. Hiroshi OnishiKenneth Gardner
- MN 45:4 (1990) 487–89Shinran: An Introduction to His Thought by Yoshifumi Ueda, Dennis HirotaJames C. Dobbins
- MN 45:4 (1990) 490–91Der Japanische Ōbaku Mönch Tetsugen Dōkō: Leben, Denken, Schriften by Dieter SchwallerJan Van Bragt
- MN 45:4 (1990) 492–94Japan und Heidegger: Gedenkschrift der Stadt Meßkirch zum 100. Geburtstag Martin Heideggers by Harmut BuchnerGregor Paul
- MN 45:4 (1990) 495–97The Kyogen Book: An Anthology of Japanese Classical Comedies by Don KennyCarolyn Haynes
- MN 45:4 (1990) 497–99La Ligue du Théâtre Prolétarien Japonais by Jean-Jacques TschudinBrian Powell
- MN 45:4 (1990) 499–501Education and Examination in Modern Japan by Ikuo Amano, William K. Cummings, Fumiko CummingsRoger Goodman