Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 38:4 (1983) 454–58Private Academies of Tokugawa Japan by Richard RubingerRobert M. Spaulding- MN 38:4 (1983) 458–59The Revolutionary Origins of Modern Japan by Thomas M. HuberHilary Conroy
- MN 38:4 (1983) 460–62Konoe Fumimaro: A Political Biography by Yoshitake Oka, Shumpei Okamoto, Patricia MurrayBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 38:4 (1983) 462–65Emperor Hirohito and His Chief Aide-de-Camp: The Honjō Diary, 1933–36 by Mikiso HaneDavid A. Titus
- MN 38:4 (1983) 465–66Irrigation Management in Japan: A Critical Review of Japanese Social Science Research by William W. Kelly; Water Control in Tokugawa Japan: Irrigation Organization in a Japanese River Basin, 1600–1870 by William W. KellyDavid H. Kornhauser
- MN 38:4 (1983) 467–69Das ‘Selbst’ in Mahāyāna-Buddhismus in Japanischer Sicht und die ‘Person’ im Christentum im Licht des Neuen Testaments by Masumi ShimizuJan Van Bragt
- MN 38:4 (1983) 469–71Refining Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment by Zen Master Dōgen, Kōshō Uchiyama, Thomas WrightJohn C. Maraldo
- MN 38:4 (1983) 472–73Zum Verhältnis von Staat und Shinto im heutigen Japan: Eine Materialsammlung by Ernst LokowandtFelix Moos
- MN 38:4 (1983) 473–74The New Religions of Japan: A Bibliography of Western-Language Materials by H. Byron EarhartHelen Hardacre
- MN 38:4 (1983) 474–77Japanese Lacquer Art: Modern Masterpieces by The National Museum of Modern Art, Richard L. GageAnn Yonemura
- MN 38:4 (1983) 477–79Essays on Japanese Art Presented to Jack Hillier by Matthi ForrerCal French
- MN 38:4 (1983) 479–81Japan-Handbuch by Horst Hammitzsch, Lydia Brüll, Ulrich GochWerner Schaumann
MN 38:3 (1983) 221–49Bunshō Sōshi: The Tale of Bunshō, the SaltmakerTranslated by James T. Araki- MN 38:3 (1983) 251–81Defend the Nation and Love the Truth’: Inoue Enryō and the Revival of Meiji BuddhismKathleen M. Staggs
- MN 38:3 (1983) 289–94The Imperial Rescript on Education and Ethical TheoryHajime Ōnishi, Translated by Sharon H. Nolte
- MN 38:3 (1983) 283–94National Morality and Universal Ethics: Ōnishi Hajime and the Imperial Rescript on EducationSharon H. Nolte
- MN 38:3 (1983) 299–312Sakuragawa: Cherry RiverZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Robert N. Huey
- MN 38:3 (1983) 295–312Sakuragawa: Cherry River —441Robert N. Huey
- MN 38:3 (1983) 313–19Keeping Up With the Past: New Discoveries Enrich Our Views of HistoryJoan R. Piggott
- MN 38:3 (1983) 321–23The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot by Junichirō Tanizaki, Anthony H. ChambersPaul McCarthy
- MN 38:3 (1983) 324–25Masaoka Shiki by Janine BeichmanJames R. Morita
- MN 38:3 (1983) 326–28Kinoshita Yūji by Robert EppSteve Rabson
- MN 38:3 (1983) 329–30Rabbits, Crabs, Etc.: Stories by Japanese Women by Phyllis BirnbaumChieko Irie Mulhern
- MN 38:3 (1983) 331–33The Genetic Relationship of the Ainu Language by James PatrieHans A. Dettmer
- MN 38:3 (1983) 333–38Japan’s Modern Myth: The Language and Beyond by Roy Andrew MillerLouis Allen
- MN 38:3 (1983) 338–41Kanazawa: A Seventeenth-Century Japanese Castle Town by James L. McClainRonald P. Toby
- MN 38:3 (1983) 342–43Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors by William Scott WilsonCarl Steenstrup
- MN 38:3 (1983) 344–46Japan Examined: Perspectives on Modern Japanese History by Harry Wray, Hilary ConroyRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 38:3 (1983) 346–49Conflict in Modern Japanese History: The Neglected Tradition by Tetsuo Najita, J. Victor KoschmannMiles Fletcher
- MN 38:3 (1983) 349–51Occupation Diplomacy: Britain, the United States and Japan, 1945–1952 by Roger BuckleyMasahiro Hosoya
- MN 38:3 (1983) 351–54Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955–1980 by Thomas R. H. HavensEric J. Gangloff
- MN 38:3 (1983) 354–55Enkū: Sculptor of a Hundred Thousand Buddhas by Kazuaki TanahashiDonald F. McCallum
- MN 38:3 (1983) 356–57Survey of Japanese Collections in the United States, 1979–1980 by Naomi FukudaMaureen H. Donovan
MN 38:2 (1983) 115–32Toward Simplicity: Script Reform Movements in the Meiji PeriodNanette Twine- MN 38:2 (1983) 133–62The Blue-Eyed Storyteller: Henry Black and His Rakugo CareerHeinz Morioka and Miyoko Sasaki
- MN 38:2 (1983) 163–74Puccini Among the Puppets: Madame Butterfly on the Japanese Puppet StageStanleigh H. Jones
- MN 38:2 (1983) 175–89The Real MurasakiMarian Ury
- MN 38:2 (1983) 191–205Marginalia: The Expanse and the Limits of a New AnthologyWilliam R. LaFleur
- MN 38:2 (1983) 207–209Konjaku Monogatari-shū by W. Michael KelseySusan Downing Videen
- MN 38:2 (1983) 209–10Ukifune: Love in The Tale of Genji by Andrew PekarikRichard Bowring
- MN 38:2 (1983) 211–12The Little Treasury of One Hundred People, One Poem Each by Fujiwara no Sadaie, Tom GaltPhillip T. Harries
- MN 38:2 (1983) 213–14The Formation of the Early Meiji Legal Order: The Japanese Code of 1871 and Its Chinese Foundation by Paul Heng-chao Ch’enJames B. Leavell
- MN 38:2 (1983) 214–16Germany and the Far Eastern Crisis, 1931–1938: A Study in Diplomacy and Ideology by John P. FoxGerhard Krebs
- MN 38:2 (1983) 216–19The Musical Structure of Nō by Akira Tamba, Patricia MatoréMark J. Nearman
- MN 38:2 (1983) 220Doctoral Dissertations on Japan and Korea, 1969–1979: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages by Frank Joseph ShulmanMichael Cooper
MN 38:1 (1983) 20–48Daimyō KatagiMatsudaira Sadanobu, Translated by Haruko Iwasaki- MN 38:1 (1983) 1–48Portrait of a Daimyo: Comical Fiction by Matsudaira SadanobuHaruko Iwasaki
- MN 38:1 (1983) 49–71Kakyō: Zeami’s Fundamental Principles of Acting (Part 3)Zeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman