Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 41:1 (1986) 71–101Five Days at Yasnaya PolyanaTokutomi Roka, Translated by Laurence R. Kominz- MN 41:1 (1986) 103–105Cultural Bonanzas
- MN 41:1 (1986) 107–109Classical Learning and Taoist Practices in Early Japan by Felicia G. BockMichiko Yamaguchi Aoki
- MN 41:1 (1986) 109–12Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645–900 by William Wayne FarrisDana Morris
- MN 41:1 (1986) 112–14Japan’s Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period by Carol GluckSidney DeVere Brown
- MN 41:1 (1986) 114–17The Culture of the Meiji Period by Irokawa Daikichi, Marius B. JansenByron K. Marshall
- MN 41:1 (1986) 117–19The Diary of Kido Takayoshi, Volume II: 1871–1874 by Sidney DeVere Brown, Akiko HirotaRobert M. Spaulding
- MN 41:1 (1986) 119–21International Perspectives on Yanagita Kunio and Japanese Folklore Studies by J. Victor Koschmann, Ōiwa Keibō, Yamashita ShinjiPeter Knecht
- MN 41:1 (1986) 122–24Nihon Bunka no Kakureta Kata by Takeda KiyokoSinh Vinh
- MN 41:1 (1986) 124–25Backstage at Bunraku: A Behind-the-Scences Look at Japan’s Traditional Puppet Theatre by Barbara C. AdachiKaren Brazell
MN 40:4 (1985) 359–86Buddhist Temple Names in JapanDietrich Seckel- MN 40:4 (1985) 387–98Action as Fitting Match to Knowledge: Language and Symbol in Mishima’s KinkakujiDavid Pollack
- MN 40:4 (1985) 399–425Fujiwara Teika’s MaigetsushōRobert H. Brower
- MN 40:4 (1985) 409–25MaigetsushōFujiwara no Teika, Translated by Robert H. Brower
- MN 40:4 (1985) 427–28Le Chrysanthème solitaire by Jacqueline Pigeot, Keiko KosugiJacques Bésineau
- MN 40:4 (1985) 428–30Saigyō-Rezeption: Das von Saigyō verkörperte Eremiten-Ideal in der japanischen Literaturgeschichte by Keiko Hartwieg-HiratsukaMarian Ury
- MN 40:4 (1985) 431–33Other Worlds: Arishima Takeo and the Bounds of Modern Japanese Fiction by Paul AndererVan C. Gessel
- MN 40:4 (1985) 433–35The Reform of Fiction in Meiji Japan by Peter F. KornickiJanet A. Walker
- MN 40:4 (1985) 436–38Writers and Society in Modern Japan by Irena PowellNanette Twine
- MN 40:4 (1985) 438–40The Saga of Dazai Osamu: A Critical Study with Translations by Phyllis I. Lyons; Return to Tsugaru: Travels of a Purple Tramp by James WesterhovenAmy Vladeck Heinrich
- MN 40:4 (1985) 440–42Japan in Transition: Thought and Action in the Meiji Era, 1868–1912 by Hilary Conroy, Sandra T. W. Davis, Wayne PattersonM. William Steele
- MN 40:4 (1985) 442–46American Samurai: Captain L. L. Janes and Japan by F. G. NotehelferJames L. Huffman
- MN 40:4 (1985) 446–47Japan Erupts: The London Naval Conference and the Manchurian Incident, 1928–1932 by James W. MorleyIan Nish
- MN 40:4 (1985) 447–49Facism, Miltarism or Japanism? The Interpretation of the Crisis Years of 1930–1941 in the Japanese English-Language Press by Olavi K. Fält, Malcolm HicksRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 40:4 (1985) 449–51Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History by Janet E. HunterCarol Gluck
- MN 40:4 (1985) 452–53Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy by Takeda Izumo, Stanleigh JonesLaurence R. Kominz
- MN 40:4 (1985) 454–56The Early Japanese Labor Movement: Labor and Politics in a Developing Society by Robert A. ScalapinoStephen S. Large
- MN 40:4 (1985) 456–57The Origins of Japan’s Modern Forests: The Case of Akita by Conrad TotmanRobert J. Smith
- MN 40:4 (1985) 457–59Collective Decision Making in Rural Japan by Robert C. MarshallDavid W. Plath
- MN 40:4 (1985) 459–62Kikkoman: Company, Clan, and Community by W. Mark FruinShinya Sugiyama
- MN 40:4 (1985) 462–63The World of Kameda Bōsai: The Calligraphy, Poetry, Painting and Artistic Circle of a Japanese Literatus by Stephen AddissBettina Klein
- MN 40:4 (1985) 464–66Kosode: 16th–19th Century Textiles from the Nomura Collection by Amanda Stinchecum, Monica Bethe, Margot PaulMarie Lyman
MN 40:3 (1985) 257–82A Miscellany of Old Letters: Saikaku’s Yorozu no FumihōguVirginia Marcus- MN 40:3 (1985) 265–82Yorozu no FumihōguIhara Saikaku, Translated by Virginia Marcus
- MN 40:3 (1985) 283–98Popular Entertainment and Politics: The Great Dengaku of 1096Jacob Raz
- MN 40:3 (1985) 299–310The Prince and the Pauper: The Dynamics of a Shōtoku LegendSey Nishimura
- MN 40:3 (1985) 311–30Fragmented Estates: The Breakup of the Myō and the Decline of the Shōen SystemThomas E. Keirstead
- MN 40:3 (1985) 331–47Why Leave Nara?: Kammu and the Transfer of the CapitalRonald P. Toby
- MN 40:3 (1985) 349–51Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism by Ian Hideo LevyPhillip T. Harries
- MN 40:3 (1985) 352–55Kokinshū: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern by Laurel Rasplica Rodd, Mary Catherine HenkeniusThomas H. Rohlich
- MN 40:3 (1985) 355–60A History of Japanese Literature. Volume One: The Archaic and Ancient Ages by Jin’ichi Konishi, Aileen Gatten, Nicholas Teele, Earl MinerD. E. Mills
- MN 40:3 (1985) 360–62Audience and Actors: A Study of Their Interaction in Japanese Traditional Theatre by Jacob RazJames R. Brandon
- MN 40:3 (1985) 363–65Illness and Culture in Contemporary Japan by Emiko Ohnuki-TierneySusan Orpett Long
- MN 40:3 (1985) 365–67Against the State: Politics and Social Protest in Japan by David Apter, Nagayo SawaJ. Victor Koschmann
- MN 40:3 (1985) 367–69Ancient Tales in Modern Japan: An Anthology of Japanese Folk Tales by Fanny Hagin MayerChieko Irie Mulhern
- MN 40:3 (1985) 369–71Die frühe Nietzsche-Rezeption in Japan (1893–1903): Ein Beitrag zur Individualismusproblematik im Modernisierungsprozess by Hans-Joachim BeckerJohn C. Maraldo
- MN 40:3 (1985) 372–73Technology and Agricultural Development in Pre-War Japan by Penelope FrancksWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 40:3 (1985) 374–75101 Favorite Songs Taught in Japanese Schools by Ichiro NakanoUry Eppstein