Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 51:4 (1996) 476–78Fake Fish: The Theater of Kobo Abe by Nancy K. ShieldsWilliam J. Currie- MN 51:4 (1996) 478–80La cour du Japon à l’époque de Heian aux Xe et Xie siècles by Francine HérailSonja Arntzen
- MN 51:4 (1996) 481–83Tokugawa Village Practice: Class, Status, Power, Law by Herman OomsJames W. White
- MN 51:4 (1996) 483–85The Furthest Goal: Engelbert Kaempfer’s Encounter with Tokugawa Japan by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey, Derek MassarellaMarius B. Jansen
- MN 51:4 (1996) 486–87Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams, 1564–1620 by William Corr; Hannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan by Julia BoydMichael Cooper
- MN 51:4 (1996) 487–90The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895–1910 by Peter DuusMichael Robinson
- MN 51:4 (1996) 490–92The Literature of Travel in the Japanese Rediscovery of China, 1862–1945 by Joshua A. FogelDavid Pollack
- MN 51:4 (1996) 492–93La Donna È Mobile: Das modan gāru als Erscheinung der modernen Stadtkultur by Richmod BollingerJennifer Robertson
- MN 51:4 (1996) 494–96To Dream of Dreams: Religious Freedom and Constitutional Politics in Postwar Japan by David M. O’Brien, Yasuo OhkoshiKenneth L. Port
- MN 51:4 (1996) 496–99Migrant Workers in Japan by Hiroshi Komai, Jens WilkinsonGlenda S. Roberts
- MN 51:4 (1996) 499–501Contemporary Politics in Japan by Masumi Junnosuke, Lonny E. CarlileLee W. Farnsworth
- MN 51:4 (1996) 501–503The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan by Steven J. EricsonPaul H. Noguchi
- MN 51:4 (1996) 503–504Kanji Politics: Language Policy and Japanese Script by Nanette GottliebGerald B. Mathias
- MN 51:4 (1996) 505–507Understanding Shinran: A Dialogical Approach by Hee-sung KeelGalen Amstutz
- MN 51:4 (1996) 507–510Dōgen’s Pure Standards for the Zen Community: A Translation of ‘Eihei Shingi’ by Taigen Daniel Leighton, Shohaku OkumuraT. Griffith Foulk
- MN 51:4 (1996) 510–513Religion in Japan: Arrows to Heaven and Earth by P. F. Kornicki, I. J. McMullenJanet R. Goodwin
- MN 51:4 (1996) 513–515A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine by John K. NelsonKaren A. Smyers
- MN 51:4 (1996) 516–518Sur un fond blanc: Ecrits japonais sur la peinture du IXe au XIXe siècle by Verǎ LinhartováMarie-Thérèse Barrett
- MN 51:4 (1996) 518–520The Beginnings of Western Music in Meiji Era Japan by Ury EppsteinGerald Groemer
- MN 51:4 (1996) 521–523Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and the City, 1615–1868 by Christine GuthKaren M. Gerhart
- MN 51:4 (1996) 523–526Educating Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Japanese Preschool and Elementary Education by Catherine C. LewisDaiyo Sawada
- MN 51:4 (1996) 526–527Jomon of Japan: The World’s Oldest Pottery by Douglas Moore KenrickPeter Bleed
MN 51:3 (1996) 279–307A Tour of Duty: Kurume Hanshi Edo Kinban Nagaya EmakiConstantine Nomikos Vaporis- MN 51:3 (1996) 309–16Nishida and HearnMichiko Yusa
- MN 51:3 (1996) 313–16Tanabe Ryūji, Koizumi YakumoKitarō Nishida, Translated by Michiko Yusa
- MN 51:3 (1996) 317–56Hero as Murderer in ChikamatsuC. Andrew Gerstle
- MN 51:3 (1996) 338–56Futago Sumidagawa: Twins at the Sumida RiverMonzaemon Chikamatsu, Translated by C. Andrew Gerstle
- MN 51:3 (1996) 357–74Purely Mass or Massively Pure? The Division between ‘Pure’ and ‘Mass’ LiteratureMatthew C. Strecher
- MN 51:3 (1996) 375–77Japanese Loyalism Reconstrued: Yamagata Daini’s Ryūshi shinron of 1759 by Bob Tadashi WakabayashiKate Wildman-Nakai
- MN 51:3 (1996) 377–80The Meiji Unification through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture by James C. BaxterJames L. McClain
- MN 51:3 (1996) 380–81The Lumber Industry in Early Modern Japan by Conrad TotmanPhilip C. Brown
- MN 51:3 (1996) 382–83Avatars of Vengeance: Japanese Drama and the Soga Literary Tradition by Laurence R. KominzStanleigh H. Jones
- MN 51:3 (1996) 383–86Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism by Bernard Faure, Phyllis BrooksSteven Heine
- MN 51:3 (1996) 386–87Shapers of Japanese Buddhism by Yusen Kashiwahara, Koyu Sonoda, Gaynor SekimoriPaul O. Ingram
- MN 51:3 (1996) 387–88A New Woman of Japan: A Political Biography of Katō Shidzue by Helen M. HopperLinda L. Johnson
- MN 51:3 (1996) 389–91Japanese Women: New Feminist Perspectives of the Past, Present and Future by Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow, Atsuko KamedaMerry I. White
- MN 51:3 (1996) 391–92Sociology and Society of Japan by Nozomu KawamuraWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 51:3 (1996) 392–94Kendō: Its Philosophy, History and Means to Personal Growth by Minoru KiyotaKarl F. Friday
- MN 51:3 (1996) 394–97Makiko’s Diary: A Merchant Wife in 1910 Kyoto by Nakano Makiko, Kazuko SmithHelen M. Hooper
- MN 51:3 (1996) 397–400Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film by Darrell William DavisBrian Lewis
- MN 51:3 (1996) 400–402Meiji Revisited: The Sites of Victorian Japan by Dallas FinnJohn Mock
- MN 51:3 (1996) 402–405A Poisonous Cocktail? Aum Shinrikyo’s Path to Violence by Ian Reader; The Cult at the End of the World. The Incredible Story of Aum by David E. Kaplan, Andrew Marshall; Holy Terror: Armageddon in Tokyo by D. W. BrackettRichard A. Gardner
MN 51:2 (1996) 143–51Ōe no Masafusa and the Practice of Heian AutobiographyMarian Ury and Robert Borgen- MN 51:2 (1996) 148–51Bonen no Ki: A Record of My Twilight YearsŌe no Masafusa, Translated by Marian Ury and Robert Borgen
- MN 51:2 (1996) 153–70Female Self-Writing: Takamure Itsue’s Hi no Kuni no Onna no NikkiRonald P. Loftus
- MN 51:2 (1996) 171–87Dodoitsubō Senka and the Yose of EdoGerald Groemer
- MN 51:2 (1996) 189–217The Way of Yin and Yang: A Tradition Revived, Sold, AdoptedLee A. Butler
- MN 51:2 (1996) 219–44An Errant Priest: Sasayaki TakeFrederick G. Kavanagh