Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
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, Edited by 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
- 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, Edited by James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:3 (1982) 322–32Gi-shi GakufuGi Shimei, Translated by Britten Dean
- 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) 322–32Mr. Gi’s Music BookGi Shimei, Translated by Britten Dean
- 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) 333–74Kakyō: Zeami’s Fundamental Principles of Acting (Part 1)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) 152–78The Succession: KuniyuzuriTranslated by Wayne P. Lammers- MN 37:2 (1982) 139–78The Succession (Kuniyuzuri): A Translation from Utsuho MonogatariWayne P. Lammers
- MN 37:2 (1982) 190–200The Dragon God of Kasuga: Kasuga RyūjinZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Robert E. Morrell
- MN 37:2 (1982) 179–200Passage to India Denied: Zeami’s Kasuga RyūjinRobert E. Morrell
- MN 37:2 (1982) 211–22Appendix: Extracts from the Records of Uta-awaseTranslated by Setsuko Ito
- MN 37:2 (1982) 201–22The Muse in Competition: Uta-awase Through the AgesSetsuko Ito
- MN 37:2 (1982) 223–56The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 2)Kaneko Kentarō, Edited by 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