Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 38:3 (1983) 342–43Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors by William Scott WilsonCarl Steenstrup- MN 38:3 (1983) 344–46Japan Examined: Perspectives on Modern Japanese History by Harry Wray, Hilary ConroyRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 38:3 (1983) 346–49Conflict in Modern Japanese History: The Neglected Tradition by Tetsuo Najita, J. Victor KoschmannMiles Fletcher
- MN 38:3 (1983) 349–51Occupation Diplomacy: Britain, the United States and Japan, 1945–1952 by Roger BuckleyMasahiro Hosoya
- MN 38:3 (1983) 351–54Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955–1980 by Thomas R. H. HavensEric J. Gangloff
- MN 38:3 (1983) 354–55Enkū: Sculptor of a Hundred Thousand Buddhas by Kazuaki TanahashiDonald F. McCallum
- MN 38:3 (1983) 356–57Survey of Japanese Collections in the United States, 1979–1980 by Naomi FukudaMaureen H. Donovan
MN 38:2 (1983) 207–209Konjaku Monogatari-shū by W. Michael KelseySusan Downing Videen- MN 38:2 (1983) 209–10Ukifune: Love in The Tale of Genji by Andrew PekarikRichard Bowring
- MN 38:2 (1983) 211–12The Little Treasury of One Hundred People, One Poem Each by Fujiwara no Sadaie, Tom GaltPhillip T. Harries
- MN 38:2 (1983) 213–14The Formation of the Early Meiji Legal Order: The Japanese Code of 1871 and Its Chinese Foundation by Paul Heng-chao Ch’enJames B. Leavell
- MN 38:2 (1983) 214–16Germany and the Far Eastern Crisis, 1931–1938: A Study in Diplomacy and Ideology by John P. FoxGerhard Krebs
- MN 38:2 (1983) 216–19The Musical Structure of Nō by Akira Tamba, Patricia MatoréMark J. Nearman
- MN 38:2 (1983) 220Doctoral Dissertations on Japan and Korea, 1969–1979: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages by Frank Joseph ShulmanMichael Cooper
MN 38:1 (1983) 91–93A Warbler’s Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Ōtomo Yakamochi (718–785) by Paula DoeThomas Blenman Hare- MN 38:1 (1983) 93–94Blüten im Wind: Essays und Skizzen der japanischen Gegenwart by Barbara Yoshida-KrafftBettina Klein
- MN 38:1 (1983) 95–97Peasants, Rebels, and Outcastes: The Underside of Modern Japan by Mikiso HaneD. Eleanor Westney
- MN 38:1 (1983) 97–99My Thirty-Three Years’ Dream: The Autobiography of Miyazaki Tōten by Etō Shinkichi, Marius B. JansenPeter Duus
- MN 38:1 (1983) 99–101Anglo-Japanese Alienation, 1919–1952: Papers of the Anglo-Japanese Conference on the History of the Second World War by Ian NishDerek Massarella
- MN 38:1 (1983) 102–104Unconditional Democracy: Education and Politics in Occupied Japan, 1945–1952 by Toshio NishiHarry (Harold J.) Wray
- MN 38:1 (1983) 104–106Zen-Man Ikkyū by James H. SanfordRobert E. Morrell
- MN 38:1 (1983) 107–108Culture and Religion in Japanese-American Relations: Essays on Uchimura Kanzō, 1861–1930 by Ray A. MooreWilbur M. Fridell
- MN 38:1 (1983) 109–13Seiyōjin no Kabuki Hakken by Nakamura Tetsurō; Sukeroku’s Double Identity: The Dramatic Structure of Edo Kabuki by Barbara E. Thornbury; Chūshingura: Studies in Kabuki and the Puppet Theater by James R. BrandonLeonard C. Pronko
MN 37:4 (1982) 531–535Court and Bakufu in Japan: Essays in Kamakura History by Jeffrey P. MassCarl Steenstrup- MN 37:4 (1982) 535–536Japan before Perry: A Short History by Conrad TotmanMarius B. Jansen
- MN 37:4 (1982) 536–537Kenkenroku: A Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894–1895 by Mutsu Munemitsu, Gordon Mark BergerLinda Grove
- MN 37:4 (1982) 538–541The Self-Made Man in Meiji Japanese Thought: From Samurai to Salary Man by Earl H. KinmonthAlbert M. Craig
- MN 37:4 (1982) 541–543Ōsugi Sakae, Anarchist in Taishō Japan: The Creativity of the Ego by Thomas A. StanleyStephen S. Large
- MN 37:4 (1982) 543–545Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan by Stephen S. LargeGeorge Oakley Totten III
- MN 37:4 (1982) 545–547Politics and Culture in Wartime Japan by Ben-Ami ShillonyMark R. Peattie
- MN 37:4 (1982) 548–550A Diplomat’s Wife in Japan: Sketches at the Turn of the Century by Mary Crawford Fraser, Hugh CortazziMichael Cooper
- MN 37:4 (1982) 550–551Winds from the East: A Study in the Art of Manet, Degas, Monet and Whistler, 1856–86 by Jacques DufwaDavid Waterhouse
- MN 37:4 (1982) 551–554The Traditional Theater of Japan by Yoshinobu Inoura, Toshio KawatakeFrank T. Motofuji
- MN 37:4 (1982) 554–555Japanese Stencil Dyeing: Paste-Resist Techniques by Eisha Nakano, Barbara B. StephanFrances L. Blakemore
MN 37:3 (1982) 403–405The Quilt and Other Stories by Tayama Katai by Kenneth G. HenshallPhyllis I. Lyons- MN 37:3 (1982) 405–408Prehistory of Japan by C. Melvin Aikens, Takayasu HiguchiCharles T. Keally
- MN 37:3 (1982) 408–10Koreans in Japan: Ethnic Conflict and Accommodation by Changsoo Lee, George DeVosRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 37:3 (1982) 411–12Political Women in Japan: The Search for a Place in Political Life by Susan J. PharrH. J. Jones
MN 37:2 (1982) 257–59In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiyō, A Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan by Robert Lyons DanlyWilliam E. Naff- MN 37:2 (1982) 259–60The Monkey’s Straw Raincoat and Other Poetry of the Bashō School by Earl Miner, Hiroko OdagiriMakoto Ueda
- MN 37:2 (1982) 261A Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters by Sōiku ShigematsuRobert Epp
- MN 37:2 (1982) 263–65Environmental Protest and Citizen Politics in Japan by Margaret A. McKeanGary D. Allinson
- MN 37:2 (1982) 265–67Diary Kept by the Head of the English Factory in Japan: Diary of Richard Cocks, 1615–1622 by Richard Cocks, The Historiographical InstituteMichael Cooper
- MN 37:2 (1982) 261–63As the Japanese See It: Past and Present by Michiko Y. Aoki, Margaret B. DardessJames Abrams
MN 37:1 (1982) 123–26The Zen Poems of Ryōkan by Nobuyuki YuasaBurton Watson- MN 37:1 (1982) 126–28Four Japanese Travel Diaries of the Middle Ages by Herbert Plutschow, Hideichi FukudaBlake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 129–30Some Final Words of Advice by Saikaku Ihara, Peter NoscoJames T. Araki
- MN 37:1 (1982) 130–33Warlords, Artists, and Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century by George Elison, Bardwell L. SmithRobert L. Backus