Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 56:1 (2001) 115–18Ogyū Sorai’s Discourse on Government (Seidan): An Annotated Translation by Olof G. LidinJacques Joly- MN 56:1 (2001) 118–20Essays on the Modern Japanese Church: Christianity in Meiji Japan by Yamaji Aizan, Graham SquiresF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 56:1 (2001) 120–23Yoshimoto Takaaki: Ein Kritiker zwischen Dialektik und Differenz by Reinold Ophüls-KashimaKazuyuki Hosomi
- MN 56:1 (2001) 123–25The Eyes of Power: Art and Early Tokugawa Authority by Karen M. GerhartWilliam H. Coaldrake
- MN 56:1 (2001) 125–28Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyō, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism by Robert Jay Lifton; Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyō by Ian ReaderRichard A. Gardner
- MN 56:1 (2001) 129–31Broadcasting Politics in Japan: NHK and Television News by Ellis S. KraussDavid Leheny
- MN 56:1 (2001) 131–34Lives in Motion: Composing Circles of Self and Community in Japan by Susan Orpett LongTakie Sugiyama Lebra
- MN 56:1 (2001) 134–36Von Siebold’s Botanical Treasures in Leiden. CD-ROM by Ingrid de Kort, Jeanette Ridder-Numan, Gerard Thijsse, Nobushige Kato, Takao YamaguchiWybe Kuitert
- MN 56:1 (2001) 136–37Kulturbeziehungen zwischen Japan und dem Westen seit 1853: Eine annotierte Bibliographie by Irmela Hijiya-KirschnereitGerhard Krebs
MN 55:4 (2000) 483–508Kano Tan’yū and Hōrin Jōshō: Patronage and Artistic PracticeKaren M. Gerhart- MN 55:4 (2000) 509–536Benshi and the Introduction of Motion Pictures to JapanJeffrey A. Dym
- MN 55:4 (2000) 537–566Looking from Within and Without: Ancient and Medieval External RelationsCharlotte von Verschuer
- MN 55:4 (2000) 567–577The Nobumitsu Portrait Inscription: An Annotated TranslationBeng Choo Lim
- MN 55:4 (2000) 572–577Nobumitsu GazōsanKeijo Shūrin, Translated by Beng Choo Lim
- MN 55:4 (2000) 579–591Julius Klaproth and His WorksPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 55:4 (2000) 593–595Misère et crime au Japon du XVIIe siècle à nos jours by Philippe PonsHerman Ooms
- MN 55:4 (2000) 595–598Prayer and Play in Late Tokugawa Japan: Asakusa Sensōji and Edo Society by Nam-lin HurConstantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 55:4 (2000) 598–599Remembering Aizu: The Testament of Shiba Gorō by Ishimitsu Mahito, Teruko CraigAnne Walthall
- MN 55:4 (2000) 600–602Japan Comes of Age: Mutsu Munemitsu and the Revision of the Unequal Treaties by Louis G. PerezGordon Mark Berger
- MN 55:4 (2000) 602–604Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer by Simon PartnerAnn Waswo
- MN 55:4 (2000) 605–606Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and the United States by Laura Hein, Mark SeldenSebastian Conrad
- MN 55:4 (2000) 606–609The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture: Asian Interactions and Comparisons by Wai-ming NgW. J. Boot
- MN 55:4 (2000) 609–611Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan by John K. NelsonIan Reader
- MN 55:4 (2000) 612–614Yosano Akiko: Poète de la passion et figure de proue du féminisme japonais by Claire DodaneG. G. Rowley
- MN 55:4 (2000) 614–616Yosano Akiko and The Tale of Genji by G. G. RowleyLaurel Rasplica Rodd
- MN 55:4 (2000) 616–619Endō Shūsaku: A Literature of Reconciliation by Mark B. WilliamsIrmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 55:4 (2000) 619–622A Sheep’s Song: A Writer’s Reminiscences of Japan and the World by Katō Shūichi, Chia-ning ChangRichard Torrance
- MN 55:4 (2000) 622–624The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory by Michael S. MolaskyJames Dorsey
- MN 55:4 (2000) 625–627Harukor: An Ainu Woman’s Tale by Honda Katsuichi, Kyoko SeldenBrett L. Walker
- MN 55:4 (2000) 627–631Extraordinary Persons: Works by Eccentric, Nonconformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580–1868) in the Collection of Kimiko and John Powers by Kimiko Powers, John Powers, John M. Rosenfield, Fumiko E. Cranston, Naomi Noble RichardJohn T. Carpenter
- MN 55:4 (2000) 631–632Japanese Consumer Behavior: From Worker Bees to Wary Shoppers by John McCreeryMillie Creighton
MN 55:3 (2000) 327–68Shadows of Transgression: Heian and Kamakura Constructions of ProstitutionJanet R. Goodwin- MN 55:3 (2000) 369–98Interview with a Bakumatsu Official: A Translation from Kyūji Shimonroku (Part 1)Anna Beerens
- MN 55:3 (2000) 374–98The Office of Metsuke: Interview with Yamaguchi Sensho, 16 May 1891Translated by Anna Beerens
- MN 55:3 (2000) 399–427Song as Cultural History: Reading Wakan Rōeishū (Part 2: Interpretations)Ivo Smits
- MN 55:3 (2000) 429–39Nativism RestoredJohn Breen
- MN 55:3 (2000) 441–43Le monde à l’envers: La dynamique de la société médiévale by Pierre F. SouyriReinhard Zöllner
- MN 55:3 (2000) 443–45Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600–1950 by Gregory M. PflugfelderMargaret H. Childs
- MN 55:3 (2000) 446–48Alexander von Siebold: Die Tagebücher by Vera SchmidtErnst Lokowandt
- MN 55:3 (2000) 448–51La nation en marche: Études sur le Japon impérial de Meiji by Jean-Jacques Tschudin, Claude HamonDimitri Vanoverbeke
- MN 55:3 (2000) 451–54Thomas William Kinder and the Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868–1875 by Roy S. HanashiroJames C. Baxter
- MN 55:3 (2000) 454–57Total War and ‘Modernization’ by Yasushi Yamanouchi, J. Victor Koschmann, Ryūichi NaritaAndrew E. Barshay
- MN 55:3 (2000) 457–59Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan by Yukiko KoshiroYoshikuni Igarashi
- MN 55:3 (2000) 459–61Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women’s Memoirs by Edith SarraJoshua S. Mostow
- MN 55:3 (2000) 462–64Dangerous Women, Deadly Words: Phallic Fantasy and Modernity in Three Japanese Writers by Nina CornyetzNicola Liscutin
- MN 55:3 (2000) 465–67The Weaving of Mantra: Kūkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse by Ryūichi AbéHendrik van der Veere
- MN 55:3 (2000) 467–70The Rousing Drum: Ritual Practice in a Japanese Community by Scott SchnellEdmund T. Gilday
- MN 55:3 (2000) 470–73Max Weber in Japan: Eine Untersuchung zur Wirkungsgeschichte 1905–1995 by Wolfgang SchwentkerToshiyuki Mitoma