Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 47:3 (1992) 424–26The White Plum: A Biography of Ume Tsuda, Pioneer in the Higher Education of Women by Yoshiko Furuki; Tsuda Umeko and Women’s Education in Japan by Barbara Rose; The Attic Letters: Ume Tsuda’s Correspondence to Her American Mother by Yoshiko FurukiEdward R. Beauchamp- MN 47:3 (1992) 426–28Group Psychology of the Japanese in Wartime by Toshio IritaniBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 47:3 (1992) 428–29The Cult of Kasuga Seen Through Its Art by Susan C. TylerRichard B. Pilgrim
- MN 47:3 (1992) 430–31New Religions by Inoue Nobutaka, Norman HavensHarry Byron Earhart
- MN 47:3 (1992) 432–34Religion in Contemporary Japan by Ian ReaderRichard Fox Young
- MN 47:3 (1992) 434CorrespondenceCarl Steenstrup
- MN 47:3 (1992) 434Corrigenda
MN 47:2 (1992) 137–61Yuiitsu Shintō Myōbō Yōshū (Part 2)Yoshida Kanetomo, Translated by Allan G. Grapard- MN 47:2 (1992) 163–202Bonshōgatsu: Festivals and State Power in KanazawaJames L. McClain
- MN 47:2 (1992) 194–202Bonshōgatsu NohTranslated by James L. McClain
- MN 47:2 (1992) 203–40Takasago: The Symbolism of the PineRichard A. Gardner
- MN 47:2 (1992) 241–63Innocence and the Other World: The Tales of Miyazawa KenjiTakao Hagiwara
- MN 47:2 (1992) 265–72The Brits in JapanMichael Cooper
- MN 47:2 (1992) 273–76Poems of a Mountain Home: Saigyō by Burton WatsonWilliam R. LaFleur
- MN 47:2 (1992) 276–77Tales of Tears and Laughter: Short Fiction of Medieval Japan by Virginia SkordMargaret H. Childs
- MN 47:2 (1992) 278–80A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 3: The High Middle Ages by Konishi Jin’ichi, Aileen Gatten, Mark Harbison, Earl MinerJames Shields
- MN 47:2 (1992) 281–83Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction by Noriko Mizuta Lippit, Kyoko Iriye SeldenSharalyn Orbaugh
- MN 47:2 (1992) 284–86Legacies and Ambiguities: Postwar Fiction and Culture in West Germany and Japan by Ernestine Schlant, J. Thomas RimerDoris G. Bargen
- MN 47:2 (1992) 287–88Notes journalières de Fujiwara no Michinaga, ministre à la cour de Hei.an (995–1018): Traduction du Midô kanpakuki by Francine HérailAileen Gatten
- MN 47:2 (1992) 289–91A History of Law in Japan until 1868 by Carl SteenstrupJeffrey P. Mass
- MN 47:2 (1992) 291–93The Religious Philosophy of Tanabe Hajime: The Metanoetic Imperative by Taitetsu Unno, James W. HeisigJoan Stambaugh
- MN 47:2 (1992) 293–95Kabuki in Modern Japan: Mayama Seika and His Plays by Brian PowellMark Oshima
- MN 47:2 (1992) 295–96The Atomic Bomb Suppressed: American Censorship in Occupied Japan by Monica BrawRoger Buckley
- MN 47:2 (1992) 297–98Learning to Go to School in Japan: The Transition from Home to Preschool Life by Lois PeakPriscilla Mary Anne Blinco
- MN 47:2 (1992) 298Corrigendum
MN 47:1 (1992) 1–25Opium, Expulsion, Sovereignty: China’s Lessons for Bakumatsu JapanBob Tadashi Wakabayashi- MN 47:1 (1992) 27–58The Shinto of Yoshida Kanetomo (Part 1)Allan G. Grapard
- MN 47:1 (1992) 59–76Preindustrial River Conservancy: Causes and ConsequencesConrad Totman
- MN 47:1 (1992) 77–97Religious Authority and Ritual Puppetry: The Case of Dōkumbō DenkiJane Marie Law
- MN 47:1 (1992) 99–105Cultural Survey, 1991
- MN 47:1 (1992) 107–109Noh Drama and The Tale of Genji: The Art of Allusion in Fifteen Classical Plays by Janet GoffRichard A. Gardner
- MN 47:1 (1992) 109–10The Aesthetics of Discontent: Politics and Reclusion in Medieval Japanese Literature by Michele MarraLaurel Rasplica Rodd
- MN 47:1 (1992) 111–12The Colors of Poetry: Essays on Classic Japanese Verse by Ooka Makoto, Takako U. Lento, Thomas V. LentoThomas H. Rohlich
- MN 47:1 (1992) 113–14Night of the Milky Way Railway by Miyazawa Kenji, Sarah M. StrongMeera S. Viswanathan
- MN 47:1 (1992) 114–17Gen’ei: Selected Poems of Nishiwaki Junzaburō, 1894–1982 by Yasuko Claremont; Self-Righting Lamp: Selected Poems by Maruyama Kaoru, Robert EppSarah M. Strong
- MN 47:1 (1992) 117–19Histoire du Japon. by Francine HérailHenry Frei
- MN 47:1 (1992) 119–21Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712) by John S. BrownleeWilliam Wayne Farris
- MN 47:1 (1992) 122–24The Private Correspondence of Isaac Titsingh: Volume 1 (1785–1811) by Frank LequinDerek Massarella
- MN 47:1 (1992) 124–27Hochschulstandorte und Bildungsverhalten unter Aspekten der Raumordnung in Japan by Winfried FlüchterKlaus Luhmer
- MN 47:1 (1992) 127–29Heroic with Grace: Legendary Women of Japan by Chieko Irie MulhernSusan Downing Videen
- MN 47:1 (1992) 129–32Recreating Japanese Women, 1600–1945 by Gail Lee BernsteinGary D. Allinson
- MN 47:1 (1992) 133–35Native and Newcomer: Making and Remaking a Japanese City by Jennifer RobertsonGary D. Allinson
- MN 47:1 (1992) 135–36An Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual by Jennifer L. AndersonH. Paul Varley
MN 46:4 (1991) 423–51Dharma Transmission in Sōtō Zen: Manzan Dōhaku’s Reform MovementWilliam M. Bodiford- MN 46:4 (1991) 453–81Shimazaki Tōson on WarSteve Rabson
- MN 46:4 (1991) 483–512Both a Borrower and a Lender Be: From Village Moneylender to Rural Banker in the Tempō EraRonald P. Toby
- MN 46:4 (1991) 513–541Mirroring SaikakuChristopher Drake
- MN 46:4 (1991) 543–545Rethinking Sorrow: Revelatory Tales of Late Medieval Japan by Margaret Helen ChildsJanet R. Goodwin