Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 36:2 (1981) 227–28Noguchi and His Patrons by Isabel R. PlessetMargaret Lock- MN 36:2 (1981) 229–31Geography of Japan by The Association of Japanese GeographersDavid H. Kornhauser
- MN 36:2 (1981) 232–33Mountain Tasting: Zen Haiku by Santōka Taneda by John StevensJames Abrams
MN 36:1 (1981) 1–20Otogi-zōshi and Nara-ehon: A Field of Study in FluxJames T. Araki- MN 36:1 (1981) 21–35Rennyo and Jōdo Shinshū Piety: The Yoshizaki YearsMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 36:1 (1981) 37–54Hirata Atsutane and Christian SourcesRichard Devine
- MN 36:1 (1981) 55–84Shugendō and the Yoshino-Kumano Pilgrimage: An Example of Mountain PilgrimagePaul L. Swanson
- MN 36:1 (1981) 85–92On Distinctions, Functions, and Hard Works to TranslateEarl Miner
- MN 36:1 (1981) 93–94The Tale of Nezame: Part Three of Yowa no Nezame Monogatari by Carol HochstedlerJennifer Brewster
- MN 36:1 (1981) 95–97Chieko and Other Poems of Takamura Kōtarō by Hiroaki SatoDennis Keene
- MN 36:1 (1981) 97–99Kaneko Mitsuharu by James R. MoritaJames A. O'Brien
- MN 36:1 (1981) 99–101Tanaka Giichi and Japan’s China Policy by William F. MortonIan Nish
- MN 36:1 (1981) 101–102The Diplomacy of Japan, 1894–1922. Volume III: First World War, Paris Peace Conference, Washington Conference by Morinosuke KajimaHilary Conroy
- MN 36:1 (1981) 103–105Japanese Ink Painting: Early Zen Masterpieces by Hiroshi Kanazawa, Barbara FordMoney Hickman
- MN 36:1 (1981) 105–107Geschichte de japanischen Religion. Volume 1: Die alte Landersreligion. Volume 2: Japan mit und unter dem Buddhismus by Matthias EderArcadio Schwade
- MN 36:1 (1981) 107–109Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning by Heinrich Dumoulin, John C. MaraldoJoseph M. Kitagawa
- MN 36:1 (1981) 109–10Timeless Spring: A Soto Zen Anthology by Thomas ClearyAlfred Bloom
- MN 36:1 (1981) 110–11The Quiet Therapies: Japanese Pathways to Personal Growth by David K. ReynoldsChristie W. Kiefer
- MN 36:1 (1981) 111–12Learning from Shogun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy by Henry SmithMichael Cooper
MN 35:4 (1980) 375–403Who Tells the Tale? ‘Ukifune’: A Study in Narrative VoiceAmanda Mayer Stinchecum- MN 35:4 (1980) 405–35Sata Mirensho: A Fourteenth-Century Law PrimerTranslated by Carl Steenstrup
- MN 35:4 (1980) 437–56Seiganji: The Buddhist Orientation of a Noh PlayJames H. Foard
- MN 35:4 (1980) 445–56SeiganjiTranslated by James H. Foard
- MN 35:4 (1980) 457–66Postscript to ‘A Portrait of Shunkin’: Shunkinshō KōgoAnthony H. Chambers
- MN 35:4 (1980) 461–66Postscript to ‘A Portrait of Shunkin’: Shunkinshō Kōgo (Translation)Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Translated by Anthony H. Chambers
- MN 35:4 (1980) 467–78Haha o Kouru Ki (Longing for Mother)Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Translated by Edward Fowler
- MN 35:4 (1980) 479–83Tanizaki’s Sentimental EducationEdward Fowler
- MN 35:4 (1980) 485–87The Japanese Novel of the Meiji Period and the Ideal of Individualism by Janet A. WalkerJames R. Morita
- MN 35:4 (1980) 487–90Reality and Fiction in Modern Japanese Literature by Noriko Mizuta LippitJanet A. Walker
- MN 35:4 (1980) 490–93Mask and Sword: Two Plays for the Contemporary Japanese Theater by Yamazaki Masakazu by J. Thomas RimerEric J. Gangloff
- MN 35:4 (1980) 493–95The Modern Japanese Prose Poem: An Anthology of Six Poets by Dennis KeeneRobert Epp
- MN 35:4 (1980) 495–96Hōjō Shigetoki (1198–1261) and His Role in the History of Political and Ethical Ideas in Japan by Carl SteenstrupElizabeth Sato
- MN 35:4 (1980) 497–99The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868 by Conrad TotmanW. G. Beasley
- MN 35:4 (1980) 499–502Politics of the Meiji Press: The Life of Fukuchi Gen’ichiro by James L. HuffmanAlbert Avraham Altman
- MN 35:4 (1980) 502–504Live Machines: Hired Foreigners and Meiji Japan by Hazel J. JonesEdward R. Beauchamp
- MN 35:4 (1980) 504–505The Extraordinary Envoy: General Hiroshi Ōshima and Diplomacy in the Third Reich, 1934–1939 by Carl BoydFrank W. Iklé
- MN 35:4 (1980) 505–508Dōgen’s Formative Years in China: An Historical Study and Annotated Translation of the Hōkyō-ki by Takashi James KoderaHee-Jin Kim
- MN 35:4 (1980) 508–511Letters of Shinran: A Translation of Mattōshō by Yoshifumi Ueda; Notes on ‘Essentials of Faith Alone’: A Translation of Shinran’s Yuishinshō-mon’I by Yoshifumi UedaMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 35:4 (1980) 511–512Shigaraki, Potter’s Valley by Louise Allison CortAndrew Pekarik
- MN 35:4 (1980) 512–513Hōyaku Nippo Jisho by Doi Tadao, Morita Takeshi, Chōnan MinoruMichael Cooper
MN 35:3 (1980) 257–72The Reception of Chinese Painting Models in Muromachi JapanGail Capitol Weigl- MN 35:3 (1980) 273–98Mandalas of the Heart: Two Prose Works by Ikkyū SōjunJames H. Sanford
- MN 35:3 (1980) 283–89Amida Stripped Bare: Amida HadakaIkkyū Sōjun, Translated by James H. Sanford
- MN 35:3 (1980) 290–98The Buddhas’ Great War on Hell: BukkigunIkkyū Sōjun, Translated by James H. Sanford
- MN 35:3 (1980) 299–317Personal Poetry Collections: Their Origin and Development Through the Heian PeriodPhillip T. Harries
- MN 35:3 (1980) 319–36Jogaku Zasshi and the Founding of BungakukaiMichael C. Brownstein
- MN 35:3 (1980) 337–46Pushing the Papers of Kamakura: The Nitty-gritticists versus the Grand SweepersCarl Steenstrup
- MN 35:3 (1980) 347–48A History of Japanese Literature: The First Thousand Years by Shūichi Katō, David ChibbettJ. Thomas Rimer