Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 37:4 (1982) 536–537Kenkenroku: A Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894–1895 by Mutsu Munemitsu, Gordon Mark BergerLinda Grove- MN 37:4 (1982) 538–541The Self-Made Man in Meiji Japanese Thought: From Samurai to Salary Man by Earl H. KinmonthAlbert M. Craig
- MN 37:4 (1982) 541–543Ōsugi Sakae, Anarchist in Taishō Japan: The Creativity of the Ego by Thomas A. StanleyStephen S. Large
- MN 37:4 (1982) 543–545Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan by Stephen S. LargeGeorge Oakley Totten III
- MN 37:4 (1982) 545–547Politics and Culture in Wartime Japan by Ben-Ami ShillonyMark R. Peattie
- MN 37:4 (1982) 548–550A Diplomat’s Wife in Japan: Sketches at the Turn of the Century by Mary Crawford Fraser, Hugh CortazziMichael Cooper
- MN 37:4 (1982) 550–551Winds from the East: A Study in the Art of Manet, Degas, Monet and Whistler, 1856–86 by Jacques DufwaDavid Waterhouse
- MN 37:4 (1982) 551–554The Traditional Theater of Japan by Yoshinobu Inoura, Toshio KawatakeFrank T. Motofuji
- MN 37:4 (1982) 554–555Japanese Stencil Dyeing: Paste-Resist Techniques by Eisha Nakano, Barbara B. StephanFrances L. Blakemore
MN 37:3 (1982) 269–87Ethnicity in the Meiji Restoration: An Interpretive EssayConrad Totman- MN 37:3 (1982) 289–316The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 3)Kaneko Kentarō, James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:3 (1982) 317–32Mr Gi’s Music Book: An Annotated Translation of Gi Shimei’s Gi-shi GakufuBritten Dean
- MN 37:3 (1982) 322–32Gi-shi GakufuGi Shimei, Translated by Britten Dean
- MN 37:3 (1982) 322–32Mr. Gi’s Music BookShimei Gi, Translated by Britten Dean
- MN 37:3 (1982) 333–74Kakyō: Zeami’s Fundamental Principles of Acting (Part 1)Mark J. Nearman
- MN 37:3 (1982) 343–74Kakyō: A Mirror of the Flower (Part 1)Zeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
- MN 37:3 (1982) 375–401An Enlightenment Dialogue with Fukuzawa Yukichi: Ogawa Tameji’s Kaika Mondō, 1874–1875Michael A. Cusumano
- MN 37:3 (1982) 403–405The Quilt and Other Stories by Tayama Katai by Kenneth G. HenshallPhyllis I. Lyons
- MN 37:3 (1982) 405–408Prehistory of Japan by C. Melvin Aikens, Takayasu HiguchiCharles T. Keally
- MN 37:3 (1982) 408–10Koreans in Japan: Ethnic Conflict and Accommodation by Changsoo Lee, George DeVosRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 37:3 (1982) 411–12Political Women in Japan: The Search for a Place in Political Life by Susan J. PharrH. J. Jones
MN 37:2 (1982) 139–78The Succession (Kuniyuzuri): A Translation from Utsuho MonogatariWayne P. Lammers- MN 37:2 (1982) 152–78The Succession: KuniyuzuriTranslated by Wayne P. Lammers
- MN 37:2 (1982) 179–200Passage to India Denied: Zeami’s Kasuga RyūjinRobert E. Morrell
- MN 37:2 (1982) 190–200The Dragon God of Kasuga: Kasuga RyūjinZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Robert E. Morrell
- MN 37:2 (1982) 201–22The Muse in Competition: Uta-awase Through the AgesSetsuko Ito
- MN 37:2 (1982) 211–22Appendix: Extracts from the Records of Uta-awaseTranslated by Setsuko Ito
- MN 37:2 (1982) 223–56The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 2)Kaneko Kentarō, James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:2 (1982) 257–59In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiyō, A Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan by Robert Lyons DanlyWilliam E. Naff
- MN 37:2 (1982) 259–60The Monkey’s Straw Raincoat and Other Poetry of the Bashō School by Earl Miner, Hiroko OdagiriMakoto Ueda
- MN 37:2 (1982) 261A Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters by Sōiku ShigematsuRobert Epp
- MN 37:2 (1982) 263–65Environmental Protest and Citizen Politics in Japan by Margaret A. McKeanGary D. Allinson
- MN 37:2 (1982) 265–67Diary Kept by the Head of the English Factory in Japan: Diary of Richard Cocks, 1615–1622 by Richard Cocks, The Historiographical InstituteMichael Cooper
- MN 37:2 (1982) 261–63As the Japanese See It: Past and Present by Michiko Y. Aoki, Margaret B. DardessJames Abrams
MN 37:1 (1982) 1–28The Japanese Mission to China, 801–806Robert Borgen- MN 37:1 (1982) 26–28Appendix: Kūkai’s letter written for presentation by Kadonomaro to the Regional Commander (kuan-ch’a-shih) of Fu-chouKūkai, Translated by Robert Borgen
- MN 37:1 (1982) 29–39Beyond Byzantium: Aesthetic Pessimism in Mishima’s Modern Noh PlaysJohn K. Gillespie
- MN 37:1 (1982) 41–76The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 1)James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:1 (1982) 55–76The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 1) (Translation)Kaneko Kentarō, Translated by James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:1 (1982) 77–121A Tale of the Western Hills: Takebe Ayatari’s Nishiyama MonogatariBlake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 89–121A Tale of the Western HillsTakebe Ayatari, Translated by Blake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 123–26The Zen Poems of Ryōkan by Nobuyuki YuasaBurton Watson
- MN 37:1 (1982) 126–28Four Japanese Travel Diaries of the Middle Ages by Herbert Plutschow, Hideichi FukudaBlake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 129–30Some Final Words of Advice by Saikaku Ihara, Peter NoscoJames T. Araki
- MN 37:1 (1982) 130–33Warlords, Artists, and Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century by George Elison, Bardwell L. SmithRobert L. Backus
- MN 37:1 (1982) 134–36When The Twain Meet: The Rise of Western Medicine in Japan by John Z. BowersSusan Orpett Long
- MN 37:1 (1982) 136–38Shingū, A Study of a Japanese Fishing Community by Arne KallandEdward Norbeck
MN 36:4 (1981) 367–90Before Rikyū: Religious and Aesthetic Influences in the Early History of the Tea CeremonyTheodore M. Ludwig