Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 39:4 (1984) 471–72Japanese Society: Tradition, Self and the Social Order by Robert J. SmithDavid W. Plath- MN 39:4 (1984) 472–74Freedom of Expression in Japan: A Study in Comparative Law, Politics, and Society by Lawrence Ward BeerDavid Wessels
- MN 39:4 (1984) 474–76On the Art of Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami by J. Thomas Rimer, Yamazaki MasakazuP. G. O'Neill
- MN 39:4 (1984) 476–80Iconography of The Tale of Genji: Genji Monogatari Ekotoba by Miyeko MuraseJulia Meech-Pekarik
- MN 39:4 (1984) 481–84Passages on the Pure Land Way: A Translation of Shinran’s Jōdo monrui jushō by Yoshifumi Ueda; The True Teaching, Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way. A Translation of Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō, Volume I by Yoshifumi UedaThomas P. Kasulis
- MN 39:4 (1984) 484–86A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts by Nichiren Shōshū International CenterGeorge J. Tanabe
MN 39:3 (1984) 233–60Sexy Rice: Plant Gender, Farm Manuals, and Grass-Roots NativismJennifer Robertson- MN 39:3 (1984) 261–79Parody in Kyōgen: Makura Monogurui and TakoCarolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 270–79Makura Monogurui (Pillow Mania)Translated by Carolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 277–79Tako (The Octopus)Translated by Carolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 281–305Mumyōzōshi (Part 2)Translated by Michele Marra
- MN 39:3 (1984) 307–31Yamadadera: Tragedy and TriumphMary Neighbour Parent
- MN 39:3 (1984) 333–50Hakuseki’s Reading of HistoryHerman Ooms
- MN 39:3 (1984) 351–52Grass Hill: Poems and Prose by the Japanese Monk Gensei by Burton WatsonMartin Collcutt
- MN 39:3 (1984) 353–55A History of Japanese Literature: The Modern Years by Shuichi Kato, Don SandersonJames A. O'Brien
- MN 39:3 (1984) 355–58Injurious to Public Morals: Writers and the Meiji State by Jay RubinJames L. Huffman
- MN 39:3 (1984) 358–61The Diary of Kido Takayoshi. Volume One by Sidney DeVere Brown, Akiko HirotaThomas M. Huber
- MN 39:3 (1984) 361–63Il Giappone e la politica estera italiana 1935–41 by Valdo FerrettiGerhard Krebs
- MN 39:3 (1984) 364Il Giappone nel dilemma fra tradizione e modernità: La figura e l’opera di Yanagita Kunio by Francesco DentoniGiuseppe Bartoli
- MN 39:3 (1984) 365–66Sakaki Hyakusen and Early Nanga Painting by James CahillLothar Ledderose
- MN 39:3 (1984) 366–68The Roof in Japanese Buddhist Architecture by Mary Neighbour ParentWilliam H. Coaldrake
- MN 39:3 (1984) 368–70Dance in the Nō Theater by Monica Bethe, Karen Brazell. Volume One, ‘Dance Analysis’; Volume Two, ‘Plays and Scores’; Volume Three, ‘Dance Patterns’Scott Johnson
MN 39:2 (1984) 115–45Mumyōzōshi: Introduction and TranslationMichele Marra- MN 39:2 (1984) 129–45Mumyōzōshi (Part 1)Translated by Michele Marra
- MN 39:2 (1984) 147–61The Pestilently Active Minister: Dr Willis’s Comments on Sir Harry ParkesHugh Cortazzi
- MN 39:2 (1984) 163–7531 CISHAANCarl Steenstrup
- MN 39:2 (1984) 177–82The Princess of the Dragon Palace: A New Shinto Sect is BornBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 39:2 (1984) 183–90On Translation and AdaptationDonald F. McCallum
- MN 39:2 (1984) 191–95The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan by William R. LaFleurSusan Matisoff
- MN 39:2 (1984) 195–98A History of Japanese Literature, 2: The Years of Isolation by Shuichi Kato, Don SandersonRobert W. Leutner
- MN 39:2 (1984) 198–200Modern Japanese Poets and the Nature of Literature by Makoto UedaJ. Thomas Rimer
- MN 39:2 (1984) 200–201La Littérature japonaise by Jacqueline Pigeot, Jean-Jacques TschudinJacques Bésineau
- MN 39:2 (1984) 201–203Japanese Folk Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide by Joanne P. AlgarinChieko Irie Mulhern
- MN 39:2 (1984) 203–205Ikki by Katsumata ShizuoAnne Walthall
- MN 39:2 (1984) 206–10Low City, High City: Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake by Edward SeidenstickerHenry D. Smith II
- MN 39:2 (1984) 210–12Hawaii Under the Rising Sun: Japan’s Plans for Conquest after Pearl Harbor by John J. StephanJames H. Buck
- MN 39:2 (1984) 212–13Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan by Hugh CortazziDonald Keene
- MN 39:2 (1984) 214–16Absolute Nothingness: Foundations for a Buddhist-Christian Dialogue by Hans Waldenfels, J. W. Heisig; Religion and Nothingness by Keiji Nishitani, Jan Van BragtDavid A. Dilworth
- MN 39:2 (1984) 216–19The Buddha Eye: An Anthology of the Kyoto School by Frederick FranckTaitetsu Unno
- MN 39:2 (1984) 219–21Flowers in Salt: The Beginnings of Feminist Consciousness in Modern Japan by Sharon L. SieversPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 39:2 (1984) 221–22Haruko’s World: A Japanese Farm Woman and Her Community by Gail Lee BernsteinAnn Waswo
- MN 39:2 (1984) 222–24Geisha by Liza Crihfield DalbyGail Lee Bernstein
- MN 39:2 (1984) 224–26The Noh Theater: Principles and Perspectives by Kunio KomparuMonica Bethe
- MN 39:2 (1984) 227–29Japan’s High Schools by Thomas P. RohlenRobert Chiesa
- MN 39:2 (1984) 230–31A Tale of Two Swords
MN 39:1 (1984) 1–10Land-Use Patterns and Afforestation in the Edo PeriodConrad Totman- MN 39:1 (1984) 11–24Between Tradition and Modernity: Labor and the Ashio Copper MineF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 39:1 (1984) 25–54Journal of My Father’s Last Days: Issa’s Chichi no Shūen NikkiRobert N. Huey