Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
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 CareerMorioka Heinz 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) 1–48Portrait of a Daimyo: Comical Fiction by Matsudaira SadanobuHaruko Iwasaki- MN 38:1 (1983) 20–48Daimyō KatagiMatsudaira Sadanobu, Translated by Haruko Iwasaki
- MN 38:1 (1983) 49–71Kakyō: Zeami’s Fundamental Principles of Acting (Part 3)Zeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
- MN 38:1 (1983) 73–84Shinran’s Faith and the Sacred Name of AmidaLuis O. Gómez
- MN 38:1 (1983) 85–89CorrespondenceRoss Bender and A. N. Meshcheryakov
- MN 38:1 (1983) 91–93A Warbler’s Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Ōtomo Yakamochi (718–785) by Paula DoeThomas Blenman Hare
- MN 38:1 (1983) 93–94Blüten im Wind: Essays und Skizzen der japanischen Gegenwart by Barbara Yoshida-KrafftBettina Klein
- MN 38:1 (1983) 95–97Peasants, Rebels, and Outcastes: The Underside of Modern Japan by Mikiso HaneD. Eleanor Westney
- MN 38:1 (1983) 97–99My Thirty-Three Years’ Dream: The Autobiography of Miyazaki Tōten by Etō Shinkichi, Marius B. JansenPeter Duus
- MN 38:1 (1983) 99–101Anglo-Japanese Alienation, 1919–1952: Papers of the Anglo-Japanese Conference on the History of the Second World War by Ian NishDerek Massarella
- MN 38:1 (1983) 102–104Unconditional Democracy: Education and Politics in Occupied Japan, 1945–1952 by Toshio NishiHarry (Harold J.) Wray
- MN 38:1 (1983) 104–106Zen-Man Ikkyū by James H. SanfordRobert E. Morrell
- MN 38:1 (1983) 107–108Culture and Religion in Japanese-American Relations: Essays on Uchimura Kanzō, 1861–1930 by Ray A. MooreWilbur M. Fridell
- MN 38:1 (1983) 109–13Seiyōjin no Kabuki Hakken by Nakamura Tetsurō; Sukeroku’s Double Identity: The Dramatic Structure of Edo Kabuki by Barbara E. Thornbury; Chūshingura: Studies in Kabuki and the Puppet Theater by James R. BrandonLeonard C. Pronko
MN 37:4 (1982) 1982Kakyō: Zeami’s Fundamental Principles of Acting (Part 2)Zeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman- MN 37:4 (1982) 413–36The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 4)Kaneko Kentarō, James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:4 (1982) 437–57Voices in the Wilderness: Japanese Christian AuthorsVan C. Gessel
- MN 37:4 (1982) 497–521Trends in Modern Japanese Political History: The ‘Positivist’ StudiesGeorge Akita
- MN 37:4 (1982) 523–529Kings of Japan? The Political Authority of the Ashikaga ShogunsMartin Collcutt
- MN 37:4 (1982) 531–535Court and Bakufu in Japan: Essays in Kamakura History by Jeffrey P. MassCarl Steenstrup
- MN 37:4 (1982) 535–536Japan before Perry: A Short History by Conrad TotmanMarius B. Jansen