Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 40:1 (1985) 113–15Retreat from Reform: Patterns of Political Behavior in Interwar Japan by Sharon MinichielloBen-Ami Shillony- MN 40:1 (1985) 115–18Dialektik der absoluten Vemittlung: Hajime Tanabes Religionsphilosophie als Beitrag zum ‘Wettstreit der Liebe’ zwischen Buddhismus und Christentum by Johannes LaubeJames W. Heisig
- MN 40:1 (1985) 118–20Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: Reiyūkai Kyōdan by Helen HardacreRobert Ellwood
- MN 40:1 (1985) 120–22Japanese Papermaking: Tradition, Tools, and Techniques by Timothy BarrettSukey Hughes
- MN 40:1 (1985) 122–26Saibara: Japanese Court Songs of the Heian Period by Elizabeth J. MarkhamSteven G. Nelson
MN 39:4 (1984) 371–92Peripheries: Rural Culture in Tokugawa JapanAnne Walthall- MN 39:4 (1984) 393–407The Lotus Lectures: Hokke Hakkō in the Heian PeriodWilla Jane Tanabe
- MN 39:4 (1984) 409–34Mumyōzōshi (Part 3)Translated by Michele Marra
- MN 39:4 (1984) 435–43Dialect in Tanizaki’s ShunkinshōWard Geddes
- MN 39:4 (1984) 445–52The National Noh TheaterJanet E. Goff
- MN 39:4 (1984) 453Ariyoshi Sawako, 1931–1984
- MN 39:4 (1984) 455–57The Changelings: A Classical Japanese Court Tale by Rosette F. WilligThomas J. Harper
- MN 39:4 (1984) 457–59Dazai Osamu: Selected Stories and Sketches by James O’BrienDavid J. Brudnoy
- MN 39:4 (1984) 459–63State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu by Ronald P. TobyJohn Whitney Hall
- MN 39:4 (1984) 463–64History in the Service of the Japanese Nation by John S. BrownleeGrant K. Goodman
- MN 39:4 (1984) 464–66The Justice of the Western Consular Courts in Nineteenth Century Japan by Richard T. ChangJ. E. Hoare
- MN 39:4 (1984) 467–68Kodō Zuroku: Illustrated Book on the Smelting of Copper by Masuda Tsuna, Cyril Stanley SmithJames R. Bartholomew
- MN 39:4 (1984) 468–70Politics and Sinology: The Case of Naitō Konan (1866–1934) by Joshua A. FogelSharon H. Nolte
- 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) 277–79Tako (The Octopus)Translated by Carolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 270–79Makura Monogurui (Pillow Mania)Translated by Carolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 261–79Parody in Kyōgen: Makura Monogurui and TakoCarolyn 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) 129–45Mumyōzōshi (Part 1)Translated by Michele Marra- MN 39:2 (1984) 115–45Mumyōzōshi: Introduction and TranslationMichele 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