Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 34:3 (1979) 341–67Tsukushi no Michi no KiSōgi, Translated by Eileen Katō
MN 34:2 (1979) 155–68The Tale of the Mouse: Nezumi no SōshiTranslated by D. E. Mills- MN 34:2 (1979) 177–208Anegakōji Imashinmei HyakuinTranslated by Thomas W. Hare
- MN 34:2 (1979) 221–30The Codes of Three Merchant HousesTranslated by J. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 34:2 (1979) 231–38The Year of Zeami’s Birth: A New Interpretation of Museki IsshiZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by P. G. O'Neill
MN 34:1 (1979) 7–20Buke Giri MonogatariIhara Saikaku, Translated by Caryl Callahan- MN 34:1 (1979) 26–48Watakushi no Kojinshugi (My Individualism)Natsume Sōseki, Translated by Jay Rubin
- MN 34:1 (1979) 63–72Ōdōron (The Way of the King)Takasaburō Chiba, Translated by Richard Devine
MN 33:4 (1978) 413–39Shinitamau Haha’ (My Mother is Dying)Mokichi Saitō, Translated by Amy Vladeck Heinrich- MN 33:4 (1978) 447–59Youchi SogaMiyamasu, Translated by Laurence R. Kominz
MN 33:3 (1978) 255–83Yuyama Sangin HyakuinSōgi, Shōhaku and Sōchō, Translated by Steven D. Carter- MN 33:3 (1978) 289–97Ichiya (One Night)Natsume Sōseki, Translated by Alan Turney
- MN 33:3 (1978) 307–32The Nine LevelsZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
MN 33:2 (1978) 170–78Yumi YawataZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Ross Bender- MN 33:2 (1978) 191–200Jizō Bosatsu ReigenkiJitsuei, Translated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
MN 32:4 (1977) 445–58KintōshoZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Susan Matisoff
MN 32:3 (1977) 315–31HachikazukiTranslated by Chigusa Steven- MN 32:3 (1977) 332–46KinutaZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Eileen Katō
MN 32:2 (1977) 131–52Haisho ZampitsuYamaga Sokō, Translated by Shuzo Uenaka- MN 32:2 (1977) 167–88A Brothel in the Light of Day: The Other Side of the BrocadeSantō Kyōden, Translated by Peter F. Kornicki
- MN 32:2 (1977) 199–210Miraculous Tales of the Lotus SutraChingen, Translated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 32:2 (1977) 218–21ManazuruShiga Naoya, Translated by Stephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 222–24The Ashen MoonShiga Naoya, Translated by Stephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 225–34Dwelling by the MoatShiga Naoya, Translated by Edward Fowler
MN 32:1 (1977) 7–34The Gokurakuji LetterHōjō Shigetoki, Translated by Carl Steenstrup
MN 31:4 (1976) 333–91Fujiwara Teika’s Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shōji Era (Part 2)Translated by Robert H. Brower- MN 31:4 (1976) 400–13A Sermon Given by Hosoi Heishū on 14 December 1783Hosoi Heishū, Translated by Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki and Margaret B. Dardess
MN 31:2 (1976) 123–43Hasedera Kannon GenkiTranslated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra- MN 31:2 (1976) 154–59Shinsen ZuinōFujiwara no Kintō, Translated by Nicholas J. Teele
- MN 31:2 (1976) 160–64Waka KuhonFujiwara no Kintō, Translated by Nicholas J. Teele
MN 31:1 (1976) 11–27The Kenreimon’in Ukyō no Daibu ShūKenreimon'in Ukyō no Daibu, Translated by James G. Wagner
MN 30:4 (1975) 369–91Saikaku OkimiyageIhara Saikaku, Translated by Robert W. Leutner
MN 30:3 (1975) 303–15A Drop of InkMasaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman-Yamamoto
MN 30:2 (1975) 126–50Konjaku Monogatari-shūTranslated by W. Michael Kelsey- MN 30:2 (1975) 151–76Maihime (The Dancing Girl)Mori Ōgai, Translated by Richard Bowring
- MN 30:2 (1975) 203–10The Yasutoki-Myōe Discussion: A Translation from Togano-o Myōe Shōnin DenkiTranslated by Haruyo Lieteau
MN 30:1 (1975) 7–18Nise MonogatariTranslated by Jack Rucinski
MN 29:4 (1974) 439–49FujitoTranslated by William Ritchie Wilson
MN 29:3 (1974) 247–61Utakata no KiMori Ōgai, Translated by Richard Bowring- MN 29:3 (1974) 289–303Twenty-One Articles by Lord SōunHōjō Sōun, Translated by Carl Steenstrup
MN 29:2 (1974) 133–61JikkinshōTranslated by John S. Brownlee
MN 29:1 (1974) 69–81Chōbuku Soga: A Noh Play by MiyamasuMiyamasu, Translated by Laurence Bresler
MN 28:4 (1973) 455–88Shasekishū: Collection of Sand and PebblesMujū Ichien, Translated by Robert E. Morrell
MN 28:3 (1973) 299–316Articles of Admonition by Imagawa Ryōshun to His Son NakaakiTranslated by Carl Steenstrup- MN 28:3 (1973) 347–61HannichiMori Ōgai, Translated by Darcy Murray
MN 28:2 (1973) 190–233Konjaku MonogatariTranslated by William Ritchie Wilson
MN 28:1 (1973) 92–100The Shakkyō Poems in the GoshūishūTranslated by Robert E. Morrell
MN 27:4 (1972) 375–98AtakaKanze Kojirō Nobumitsu, Translated by Kenneth Yasuda