Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
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) 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) 273–98Mandalas of the Heart: Two Prose Works by Ikkyū SōjunJames 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
- MN 35:3 (1980) 349–51Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection by Marian UryRobert E. Morrell
- MN 35:3 (1980) 351–55Masamune Hakuchō by Robert RolfWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 35:3 (1980) 356A History of Political Institutions in Japan by Ryōsuke IshiiSharon A. Minichiello
- MN 35:3 (1980) 357–59Empire and Aftermath: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Experience, 1878–1954 by J. W. DowerRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 35:3 (1980) 359–61Christianity: The Japanese Way by Carlo CaldarolaDavid Reid
- MN 35:3 (1980) 362–63Japanese Religion in the Modern Century by Shigeyoshi Murakami, H. Byron EarhartRobert S. Ellwood, Jr.
- MN 35:3 (1980) 364–66Suburban Tokyo: A Comparative Study in Politics and Social Change by Gary D. AllinsonYasumasa Kuroda
- MN 35:3 (1980) 367Current Contents of Academic Journals in Japan, 1978. The Humanities and Social Sciences by Center for Academic Publications JapanMichael Cooper
- MN 35:3 (1980) 366–67Sumo from Rite to Sport by P. L. CuylerDouglas M. Kenrick
- MN 35:3 (1980) 368–74CorrespondenceHarold Bolitho and Harry D. Harootunian
MN 35:2 (1980) 132–51Aki no Yo no Nagamonogatari (A Long Tale for an Autumn Night)Translated by Margaret H. Childs- MN 35:2 (1980) 127–51Chigo Monogatari: Love Stories or Buddhist Sermons?Margaret H. Childs
- MN 35:2 (1980) 161–97Kyakuraika: The Flower of ReturningZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
- MN 35:2 (1980) 153–97Kyakuraika: Zeami’s Final Legacy for the Master ActorMark J. Nearman
- MN 35:2 (1980) 199–221The Audience Evaluated: Shikitei Samba’s Kyakusha HyōbankiJacob Raz
- MN 35:2 (1980) 223–39Ōgai’s Craft: Literary Techniques and Themes in Vita SexualisYoshiyuki Nakai
- MN 35:2 (1980) 241–43The Shiga Hero by William F. SibleyStephen W. Kohl
- MN 35:2 (1980) 243–44Ishikawa Takuboku by Yukihito HijiyaJanine Beichman-Yamamoto
- MN 35:2 (1980) 245–47The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima by Gwenn Boardman PetersenRobert Rolf
- MN 35:2 (1980) 247–49The Art of Kabuki: Famous Plays in Performance by Samuel L. LeiterTed T. Takaya
- MN 35:2 (1980) 249–53Japan’s First Bureaucracy: A Study of Eighth-Century Government by Richard J. MillerG. Cameron Hurst
- MN 35:2 (1980) 253–54As We Saw Them: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States (1860) by Masao MiyoshiGrant K. Goodman
- MN 35:2 (1980) 254–55Cahiers d’études et de documents sur les religions du Japon. Volume I by Centre d’études sur les religions et traditions populaires du JaponPaul Rietsch
- MN 35:2 (1980) 255–56General Index, Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art by Richard BirdMichael Cooper
MN 35:1 (1980) 1–19From Sakoku to Kaikoku: The Transformation of Foreign-Policy Attitudes, 1853–1868Conrad Totman- MN 35:1 (1980) 21–43The House-bound Heart: The Prose-poetry Genre of Japanese Narrative IllustrationPenelope E. Mason
- MN 35:1 (1980) 51–75Tsuma Kagami (Mirror for Women)Mujū Ichien, Translated by Robert E. Morrell
- MN 35:1 (1980) 45–75Mirror for Women: Mujū Ichien’s Tsuma KagamiRobert E. Morrell
- MN 35:1 (1980) 77–88Suehirogari: The Fan of FelicityTranslated by Dorothy T. Shibano
- MN 35:1 (1980) 89–98Concrete Discourse, Manifest Metaphor, and the Tokugawa Intellectual ParadigmHarold Bolitho