Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 62:3 (2007) 299–321Shaka no Honji: Preaching, Intertextuality, and Popular HagiographyHank Glassman- MN 62:3 (2007) 323–45Positioning the Observer: Interrogations of Alterity in Nagai Kafū’s Amerika MonogatariRachael Hutchinson
- MN 62:3 (2007) 347–60Möbius Strip: Instances of Cultural Translation between China, Japan, and the “West”Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 62:3 (2007) 361–63Selling Songs and Smiles: The Sex Trade in Heian and Kamakura Japan by Janet R. GoodwinR. Keller Kimbrough
- MN 62:3 (2007) 363–66Thinking Like a Man: Tadano Makuzu (1763–1825) by Bettina Gramlich-OkaMarcia Yonemoto
- MN 62:3 (2007) 366–69Japan’s Modern Prophet: Uchimura Kanzō, 1861–1930 by John F. HowesJames L. Huffman
- MN 62:3 (2007) 369–71In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist by Hiratsuka Raichō, trans. Teruko CraigG. G. Rowley
- MN 62:3 (2007) 372–74Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan by David R. AmbarasSimon Partner
- MN 62:3 (2007) 374–76A Poetics of Courtly Male Friendship in Heian Japan by Paul Gordon SchalowMargaret H. Childs
- MN 62:3 (2007) 377–80The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga: A Hermeneutical Journey trans. and ed. Michael F. MarraW. J. Boot
- MN 62:3 (2007) 381–83The Uses of Memory: The Critique of Modernity in the Fiction of Higuchi Ichiyō by Timothy J. Van CompernolleElaine Gerbert
- MN 62:3 (2007) 383–86Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki by Doris G. BargenStephen Dodd
- MN 62:3 (2007) 386–89Spirit Matters: The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature by Philip GabrielThomas Schnellbächer
- MN 62:3 (2007) 389–92Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism ed. Richard K. Payne, Taigen Dan Leighton; Did Dōgen Go to China? What He Wrote and When He Wrote It by Steven HeineJoseph S. O'Leary
- MN 62:3 (2007) 392–93Iron Eyes: The Life and Teachings of Ōbaku Zen Master Tetsugen Dōkō by Helen J. BaroniRichard Bowring
- MN 62:3 (2007) 394–96Musikalische Impressionen aus Japan 1941–1957 by Eta Harich-Schneider, ed. Ingrid FritschMargaret Mehl
- MN 62:3 (2007) 397Erratum
MN 62:2 (2007) 135–77Female Readers and Early Heian Romances: The Hakubyō Tales of Ise Illustrated Scroll FragmentsJoshua S. Mostow- MN 62:2 (2007) 179–209Peasants into Citizens?: The Meiji Village in the Russo-Japanese WarSimon Partner
- MN 62:2 (2007) 211–19Perspectives on “Scenes of the Capital”Yasuhiro Satō
- MN 62:2 (2007) 221–23Friends, Acquaintances, Pupils, and Patrons—Japanese Intellectual Life in the Late Eighteenth Century: A Prosopographical Approach by Anna BeerensGregory Smits
- MN 62:2 (2007) 223–25Punishment and Power in the Making of Modern Japan by Daniel V. BotsmanSusan L. Burns
- MN 62:2 (2007) 225–28Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868–1930 by Gregory ClanceyJ. Charles Schencking
- MN 62:2 (2007) 228–32Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa; The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals ed. Tsuyoshi HasegawaTadashi Anno
- MN 62:2 (2007) 232–35War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945–2005 by Franziska SeraphimSebastian Conrad
- MN 62:2 (2007) 235–37Manga from the Floating World: Comicbook Culture and the Kibyōshi of Edo Japan by Adam L. KernStephan Köhn
- MN 62:2 (2007) 237–40In the Company of Men: Representations of Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Literature by Jim ReichertPaul Gordon Schalow
- MN 62:2 (2007) 241–43Abe Kōbō, Literary Strategist: The Evolution of His Agenda and Rhetoric in the Context of Postwar Japanese Avant-garde and Communist Artists’ Movements by Thomas SchnellbächerJames Dorsey
- MN 62:2 (2007) 243–45The Fox’s Craft in Japanese Religion and Folklore: Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities by Michael BathgateJanet E. Goff
- MN 62:2 (2007) 246–48Explaining Pictures: Buddhist Propaganda and Etoki Storytelling in Japan by Ikumi KaminishiCaroline Hirasawa
- MN 62:2 (2007) 248–50Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan by Morgan PitelkaRichard L. Wilson
- MN 62:2 (2007) 250–52Understanding Humor in Japan ed. Jessica Milner DavisRichard A. Gardner
- MN 62:2 (2007) 252–55Millennial Monsters by Anne AllisonJames Farrer
- MN 62:2 (2007) 255–60Vicarious Language: Gender and Linguistic Modernity in Japan by Miyako Inoue; A Cultural History of Women’s Language by Endō OrieNanette Gottlieb
- MN 62:2 (2007) 262Erratum
MN 62:1 (2007) 1–74A History of Dōmyōji to 1572 (or Maybe 1575): An Attempted ReconstructionRobert Borgen- MN 62:1 (2007) 56–74DōmyōjiTranslated by Robert Borgen
- MN 62:1 (2007) 75–86A Plan for Tasks at Hand: Aizawa Seishisai’s JimusakuDonald Keene
- MN 62:1 (2007) 80–86A Plan for Tasks at HandAizawa Seishisai, Translated by Donald Keene
- MN 62:1 (2007) 87–96Sendai Kuji Hongi: Authentic Myths or Forged History?Mark Teeuwen
- MN 62:1 (2007) 97–105New Books for OldPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 62:1 (2007) 107–109Japan’s Medieval Population: Famine, Fertility, and Warfare in a Transformative Age by William Wayne FarrisBruce L. Batten
- MN 62:1 (2007) 110–12The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi by Beatrice M. Bodart-BaileyAnne Walthall
- MN 62:1 (2007) 113–15A Reader in Edo Period Travel by Herbert PlutschowLaura Nenzi
- MN 62:1 (2007) 115–19JAPANimals: History and Culture in Japan’s Animal Life ed. Gregory M. Pflugfelder, Brett L. WalkerHans Martin Krämer
- MN 62:1 (2007) 119–21Gendering Modern Japanese History ed. Barbara Moloney, Kathleen UnoAnne E. Imamura
- MN 62:1 (2007) 121–24Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers by Emiko Ohnuki-TierneyBarak Kushner
- MN 62:1 (2007) 124–27Localizing Paradise: Kumano Pilgrimage and the Religious Landscape of Premodern Japan by D. Max MoermanIyanaga Nobumi