Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 43:2 (1988) 239–41To Live and To Write: Selections by Japanese Women Writers, 1913–1938 by Yukiko TanakaChieko Irie Mulhern- MN 43:2 (1988) 241–43The Mito Ideology: Discourse, Reform, and Insurrection in Late Tokugawa Japan, 1790–1864 by J. Victor KoschmannPeter Nosco
- MN 43:2 (1988) 244–45Imitation and Innovation: The Transfer of Western Organizational Patterns to Meiji Japan by D. Eleanor WestneyAndrew Fraser
- MN 43:2 (1988) 245–47Individualism and Socialism: Kawai Eijirō’s Life and Thought (1891–1944) by Atsuko HiraiBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 43:2 (1988) 247–49Democratizing Japan: The Allied Occupation by Robert E. Ward, Sakamoto YoshikazuGrant K. Goodman
- MN 43:2 (1988) 250–52Remaking Japan: The American Occupation as New Deal by Theodore Cohen, Herbert PassinThomas W. Burkman
- MN 43:2 (1988) 253–55No Abode: The Record of Ippen by Dennis HirotaJames C. Dobbins
- MN 43:2 (1988) 256–58The Monkey as Mirror: Symbolic Transformations in Japanese History and Ritual by Emiko Ohnuki-TierneyDavid W. Plath
MN 43:1 (1988) 1–33Kaempfer Restor’dBeatrice M. Bodart Bailey- MN 43:1 (1988) 35–61The Jeweled Comb-Box: Motoori Norinaga’s TamakushigeJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 43:1 (1988) 45–61TamakushigeMotoori Norinaga, Translated by John S. Brownlee
- MN 43:1 (1988) 63–93Old Stories, New Mode: Ejima Kiseki’s Ukiyo Oyaji KatagiCharles E. Fox
- MN 43:1 (1988) 78–93Ukiyo Oyaji KatagiEjima Kiseki, Translated by Charles E. Fox
- MN 43:1 (1988) 95–100Tribute to a Teacher: Uchimura Kanzō’s Letter to William Smith ClarkJanet E. Goff
- MN 43:1 (1988) 101–103The Tale of the Soga Brothers by Thomas J. CoganSusan Matisoff
- MN 43:1 (1988) 104–106The Mother of Dreams and Other Short Stories: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction by Makoto UedaPhyllis I. Lyons
- MN 43:1 (1988) 107–10A Play of Mirrors: Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan by Ōoka Makoto, Thomas FitzsimmonsRobert Epp
- MN 43:1 (1988) 110–12Victorians in Japan: In and around the Treaty Ports by Hugh Cortazzi; Japan in the Victorian Mind: A Study of Stereotyped Images of a Nation, 1850–80 by Toshio YokoyamaMichael Cooper
- MN 43:1 (1988) 112–15Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941 by Michael A. BarnhartAlvin D. Coox
- MN 43:1 (1988) 115–17Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965–1975 by Thomas R. H. HavensDavid J. Lu
- MN 43:1 (1988) 117–20Young Man Shinran: A Reappraisal of Shinran’s Life by Takamichi TakahatakeDennis Hirota
- MN 43:1 (1988) 120–22The True Teaching, Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way: A Translation of Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō, Volume III by Yoshifumi UedaMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 43:1 (1988) 123–25Japanese Castles by Motoo Hinago, William H. CoaldrakeBruce A. Coats
- MN 43:1 (1988) 125–26Family Change and the Life Course in Japan by Susan Orpett LongAnne E. Imamura
- MN 43:1 (1988) 127–30Urban Japanese Housewives: At Home and in the Community by Anne E. Imamura; The Japanese Educational Challenge: A Commitment to Children by Merry WhiteWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 43:1 (1988) 130–31Country Textiles of Japan: The Art of Tsutsugaki by Reiko Mochinaga BrandonMarie Lyman
MN 42:4 (1987) 391–429The Foremost Style of Poetic Composition: Fujiwara Tameie’s Eiga no ItteiRobert H. Brower- MN 42:4 (1987) 399–429Eiga no ItteiFujiwara no Tameie, Translated by Robert H. Brower
- MN 42:4 (1987) 431–47School Songs Before and After the War: From ‘Children Tank Soldiers’ to ‘Everyone a Good Child’Ury Eppstein
- MN 42:4 (1987) 449–55First Steps into the Mountains: Motoori Norinaga’s UiyamabumiSey Nishimura
- MN 42:4 (1987) 456–93UiyamabumiMotoori Norinaga, Translated by Sey Nishimura
- MN 42:4 (1987) 495–98Tokugawa Ideology: Early Constructs, 1570–1680 by Herman OomsSamuel Hideo Yamashita
- MN 42:4 (1987) 499–501Buddhism and Christianity in Japan: From Conflict to Dialogue, 1854–1899 by Notto R. ThelleF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 42:4 (1987) 501–502Japan and Britain at the Crossroads, 1939–1941: A Study in the Dilemmas of Japanese Diplomacy by Kyozo SatoIan Nish
- MN 42:4 (1987) 502–505Law and the State in Traditional East Asia: Six Studies on the Sources of East Asian Law by Brian E. McKnightJ. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 42:4 (1987) 505–507The Logic of Unity: The Discovery of Zero and Emptiness in Prajñāpāramitā Thought by Hōsaku Matsuo, Kenneth K. InadaMichiko Yusa
- MN 42:4 (1987) 507–508Minka: Traditional Houses of Rural Japan by Chūji Kawashima, Lynne E. RiggsYoshihiro Takishita
- MN 42:4 (1987) 509–510Roberts’ Guide to Japanese Museums of Art and Archaeology by Laurance P. RobertsMichael Cooper
- MN 42:4 (1987) 511–516CorrespondenceAnn Waswo and Richard J. Smethurst
MN 42:3 (1987) 253–88Didacticism in Medieval Short Stories: Hatsuse Monogatari and AkimichiMargaret H. Childs- MN 42:3 (1987) 258–69A Tale of HatsuseTranslated by Margaret H. Childs
- MN 42:3 (1987) 270–88AkimichiTranslated by Margaret H. Childs
- MN 42:3 (1987) 289–98Recent Soviet Studies in Pre-Modern Japanese LiteratureA. Kabanov
- MN 42:3 (1987) 299–330The Kingyoku Poetry ContestRobert N. Huey
- MN 42:3 (1987) 309–30Kingyoku Uta-awaseTranslated by Robert N. Huey
- MN 42:3 (1987) 331–45Riken no Ken: Zeami’s Theory of Acting and Theatrical AppreciationMichiko Yusa
- MN 42:3 (1987) 347–56Lineation of Tanka in English TranslationHiroaki Sato
- MN 42:3 (1987) 357–58Japanische Parodie im 17. Jahrhundert: Studien zum Nise-Monogatari by Günther WenckPeter F. Kornicki