Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 29:4 (1974) 490–92Sculpture of the Kamakura Period by Hisashi Mori, Katherine EickmannDavid Waterhouse- MN 29:4 (1974) 492–93Japanese Painting in the Literati Style by Yoshiho Yonezawa, Chu Yoshizawa, Betty Iverson MonroeMadelaine David
- MN 29:4 (1974) 493–95Ink Painting by Takaaki Matsushita, Martin CollcuttMoney Hickman
- MN 29:4 (1974) 495–96The Living Treasures of Japan by Barbara AdachFosco Maraini
- MN 29:4 (1974) 496–98The Kyōgyōshinshō by Gutoku Shaku Shinran, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, The Eastern Buddhist Society; Collected Writings on Shin Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, The Eastern Buddhist SocietyShōyū Hanayama
- MN 29:4 (1974) 498–501Franz Xaver. Sein Leben und seine Zeit. Zweiter Band: Asien, 1541–1552; Dritter Teilband: Japan und China, 1549–1552 by Georg SchurhammerHubert Cieslik
- MN 29:4 (1974) 501–503Rodrigues the Interpreter. An Early Jesuit in Japan and China by Michael CooperJ. S. Cummins
- MN 29:4 (1974) 503–505Reimeiki Nihon no Seibutsu-shi. by Kihara Hitoshi; Nihon Hakubutsugaku-Shi by Ueno MasuzōShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 29:4 (1974) 506–508Mitsui: Three Centuries of Japanese Business by John G. RobertsEleanor M. Hadley
- MN 29:4 (1974) 509–511Teachers and Politics in Japan by Donald R. ThurstonKlaus Luhmer
MN 29:3 (1974) 337–39Japanese Culture: A Study of Origins and Characteristics by Eiichiro Ishida, Teruko KachiJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.- MN 29:3 (1974) 340–42Ancient Myths and Early History of Japan. A Cultural Foundation by Michiko Y. AokiJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 29:3 (1974) 342–45Deus Destroyed. The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan by George ElisonC. R. Boxer
- MN 29:3 (1974) 345–46Urban Networks in Ch’ing China and Tokugawa Japan by Gilbert RozmanLinda Grove
- MN 29:3 (1974) 346–48The Fifty Years of the Communist Party of Japan by The Central Committee of the Communist Party of JapanPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 29:3 (1974) 349–50The Factory Ship’ and ‘The Absentee Landlord’ by Takiji Kobayashi, Frank MotofujiBrian Powell
- MN 29:3 (1974) 356Bukkyōgaku Kankei Zasshi Ronbun Bunrui Mokuroku by Ryūkoku Daigaku ToshokanPier P. Del Campana
- MN 29:3 (1974) 350–56The Teachings Essential for Rebirth: A Study of Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū by Allan A. AndrewsStanley Weinstein
- MN 29:3 (1974) 358–59Narrative Picture Scrolls by Hideo Okudaira, Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisFred H. Martinson
- MN 29:3 (1974) 359–61Feudal Architecture of Japan by Kiyoshi Hirai, Hiroaki Saito, Jeannine CiliottaE. Michael Czaja
- MN 29:3 (1974) 361–66A History of Japanese Music by Eta Harich-SchneiderWillem Adriaansz
- MN 29:3 (1974) 367–70The Ainu Ecosystem. Environment and Group Structure by Hitoshi WatanabeFosco Maraini
- MN 29:3 (1974) 370–71The Anatomy of Dependence by Takeo Doi, John BesterToshio Ohsako
- MN 29:3 (1974) 371–73Socialization for Achievement. Essays on the Cultural Psychology of the Japanese by George A. De Vos, Hiroshi Wagatsuma, William Caudill, Keiichi MizushimaWilliam P. Lebra
- MN 29:3 (1974) 373–74Modern Japan: An Interpretive Anthology by Irwin ScheinerRobert J. Smith
- MN 29:3 (1974) 374–76Japan’s Militant Teachers: A History of the Left-Wing Teachers’ Movement by Benjamin C. DukeHenry D. Smith II
- MN 29:3 (1974) 376–79New Japanese-English Dictionary by Koh MasudaMichael Cooper
- MN 29:3 (1974) 356–57The Arts of Shinto by Haruki Kageyama, Christine GuthYoshiko Kakudo
MN 29:2 (1974) 225–27The Confessions of Lady Nijō by Karen BrazellEdward D. Seidensticker- MN 29:2 (1974) 228–30Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition. The Nihon ryōiki of the Monk Kyōkai by Kyoko Motomochi NakamuraMarian Ury
- MN 29:2 (1974) 230–32The Phonology of Eighth-Century Japanese by Roland A. LangeSamuel E. Martin
- MN 29:2 (1974) 232–34Religion in the Japanese Experience: Sources and Interpretations by H. Byron EarhartJan Swyngedouw
- MN 29:2 (1974) 234–36Art and Morality by Nishida Kitarō, David A. Dilworth, Valdo H. ViglielmoKlaus Riesenhuber
- MN 29:2 (1974) 236–38Painting in the Yamato Style by Saburo Ienaga, John M. Shields; Momoyama Genre Painting by Yuzo Yamane, John M. ShieldsTokhi Kang
- MN 29:2 (1974) 238–39Folk Arts and Crafts of Japan by Kageo Muraoka, Kichiemon OkamuraFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 29:2 (1974) 240Die Masken des Bugaku. Profane japanische Tanz-Masken der Heian- und Kamakura-Zeit. Teil 1: Hauptteil und Katalog by Gunhild Gabbert; Teil 2: Anmerkungen und Tafeln by Gunhild GabbertThomas Immoos
- MN 29:2 (1974) 242–44American Education Through Japanese Eyes by George Z. F. Bereday, Shigeo MasuiT. J. Pempel
- MN 29:2 (1974) 240–42The Japan Experience by Ronald BellYoko Tokarz
MN 29:1 (1974) 103–104Engi-Shiki. Procedures of the Engi Era by Felicia Gressitt BockG. Cameron Hurst- MN 29:1 (1974) 104–106Konoe Fumimaro-Unmei no Seijika by Oka Yoshitake; Konoe Shintaisei no Kenkyū by Nihon Seiji GakkaiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 29:1 (1974) 107–108The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints: A Catalogue of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Japanese Woodblock Prints in the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Roger S. Keyes, Keiko MizushimaJack Hillier
- MN 29:1 (1974) 109–10Design Motifs by Saburō Mizoguchi, Louise Allison Cort; Kyoto Ceramics by Masahiko Satō, Anne Ono Towle, Usher P. CoolidgeJohanna Becker
- MN 29:1 (1974) 111–14Die Ausdrucksgestaltung des Rakugo. Eine phonetische Untersuchung by Heinz BalkenholClaus M. Fischer
- MN 29:1 (1974) 114–15Temples of Nara and Their Art by Minoru Ooka, Dennis LishkaYasushi Egami
- MN 29:1 (1974) 115–16Unsui: A Diary of Zen Monastic Life by Giei Satō, Eshin Nishimura, Bardwell L. SmithMichael Cooper
- MN 29:1 (1974) 116–19Haiku in Western Languages: An Annotated Bibliography (With Some Reference to Senryu) by Gary L. Brower, David William FosterFrank Joseph Shulman
MN 28:4 (1973) 518–522The Illustrated Books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and Other Related Schools of Japan: A Biobibliography by C. H. Mitchell, Osamu UedaRichard Lane- MN 28:4 (1973) 489–93Japanese Literature. A Historical Outline by Edward Putzar, Anthony Chambers, Hisamatsu Sen’ichiJames T. Araki