Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 34:4 (1979) 497–98Songs of Gods, Songs of Humans: The Epic Tradition of the Ainu by Donald L. PhilippiMarian Ury- MN 34:4 (1979) 498–501Modern Japanese Drama. An Anthology by Ted T. TakayaBrian Powell
- MN 34:4 (1979) 501–504A Grammar of Classical Japanese by Akira KomaiBart Mathias
- MN 34:4 (1979) 504–505Giving Up the Gun. Japan’s Reversion to the Sword, 1543–1879 by Noel PerrinDavid Waterhouse
- MN 34:4 (1979) 506–507Patterns of Japanese Policymaking. Experiences from Higher Education by T. J. PempelEdward R. Beauchamp
- MN 34:4 (1979) 507–509Japanese Art: A Cultural Appreciation by Saburo Ienaga, Richard L. GagePenelope E. Mason
- MN 34:4 (1979) 510Evolving Techniques in Japanese Woodblock Prints by Gaston Petit, Amadio ArboledaOliver Statler
- MN 34:4 (1979) 511–513Six Lives, Six Deaths. Portraits from Modern Japan by Robert Jay Lifton, Shūichi Katō, Michael R. ReichChristie W. Kiefer
- MN 34:4 (1979) 513–514Modern Japanese Literature in Translation: A Bibliography by International House of Japan LibraryMichael Cooper
- MN 34:4 (1979) 515Recent Reprints
MN 34:3 (1979) 259–77The Echigo War, 1868Harold Bolitho- MN 34:3 (1979) 279–310Rags and Tatters: The Uzuragoromo of Yokoi YayūLawrence Rogers
- MN 34:3 (1979) 292–310UzuragoromoYayū Yokoi, Translated by Lawrence Rogers
- MN 34:3 (1979) 311–32Rooting the Pine: Shingaku Methods of OrganizationJennifer Robertson
- MN 34:3 (1979) 333–67Pilgrimage to Dazaifu: Sogi’s Tsukushi no Michi no KiEileen Katō
- MN 34:3 (1979) 341–67Tsukushi no Michi no KiSōgi, Translated by Eileen Katō
- MN 34:3 (1979) 369–72Nakahara. Family Planning and Population in a Japanese Village, 1717–1830 by Thomas C. SmithCharles D. Sheldon
- MN 34:3 (1979) 373–75Oranda Fūsetsugaki Shūsei. Volume I and Volume II by Iwao Sei’ichiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 34:3 (1979) 376–79Science and Culture in Traditional Japan, A.D. 600–1854 by Masayoshi Sugimoto, David L. SwainKenkichiro Koizumi
- MN 34:3 (1979) 380–81Japan As Number One. Lessons for America by Ezra VogelRobert J. Smith
- MN 34:3 (1979) 382Washi. The World of Japanese Paper by Sukey HughesMasako Koyano
MN 34:2 (1979) 125–53The Hachiman Cult and the Dōkyō IncidentRoss Bender- MN 34:2 (1979) 155–68The Tale of the Mouse: Nezumi no SōshiTranslated by D. E. Mills
- MN 34:2 (1979) 169–208Linked Verse at Imashinmei Shrine: Anegakōji Imashinmei Hyakuin, 1447Thomas W. Hare
- MN 34:2 (1979) 177–208Anegakōji Imashinmei HyakuinTranslated by Thomas W. Hare
- MN 34:2 (1979) 209–30Thrift and Diligence: House Codes of Tokugawa Merchant FamiliesJ. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 34:2 (1979) 221–30The Codes of Three Merchant HousesTranslated by J. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 34:2 (1979) 231–38The Year of Zeami’s Birth: A New Interpretation of Museki IsshiZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by P. G. O'Neill
- MN 34:2 (1979) 239–42And Then by Natsume Sōseki, Norma Moore FieldJay Rubin
- MN 34:2 (1979) 243–44Pacifism in Japan. The Christian and Socialist Tradition by Nobuya Bamba, John F. HowesH. J. Jones
- MN 34:2 (1979) 245Learning To Be Japanese. Selected Readings on Japanese Society and Education by Edward R. BeauchampHerbert Passin
- MN 34:2 (1979) 247–50Authority and the Individual in Japan. Citizen Protest in Historical Perspective by J. Victor KoschmannGeorge A. DeVos
- MN 34:2 (1979) 251–52Diego Collado’s Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. SpearJoseph F. Moran
- MN 34:2 (1979) 253–54Kyoto Woodcuts by Naoko MatsubaraGaston Petit
- MN 34:2 (1979) 254–56The Waves at Genji’s Door: Japan Through Its Cinema by Joan Mellen; Japanese Film Directors by Audie BockDavid J. Brudnoy
- MN 34:2 (1979) 257Ō no Yasumaro
- MN 34:2 (1979) 245–47Shinohata, a Portrait of a Japanese Village by Ronald P. DoreEdward Norbeck
MN 34:1 (1979) 1–20Tales of Samurai Honor: Saikaku’s Buke Giri MonogatariCaryl Callahan- MN 34:1 (1979) 7–20Buke Giri MonogatariIhara Saikaku, Translated by Caryl Callahan
- MN 34:1 (1979) 21–48Sōseki on Individualism: ‘Watakushi no Kojinshugi’Jay Rubin
- MN 34:1 (1979) 26–48Watakushi no Kojinshugi (My Individualism)Natsume Sōseki, Translated by Jay Rubin
- MN 34:1 (1979) 49–72The Way of the King: An Early Meiji Essay on GovernmentRichard Devine
- MN 34:1 (1979) 63–72Ōdōron (The Way of the King)Takasaburō Chiba, Translated by Richard Devine
- MN 34:1 (1979) 73–99Ōyama Estate and Insei Land PoliciesElizabeth Sato
- MN 34:1 (1979) 101–12Michinaga’s Maladies: A Medical Report on Fujiwara no MichinagaG. Cameron Hurst
- MN 34:1 (1979) 113–15Ryōkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan by Burton WatsonMarian Ury
- MN 34:1 (1979) 115–17Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan, 1600–1868 by Susan B. Hanley, Kozo YamamuraWilliam B. Hauser
- MN 34:1 (1979) 118–19The Diplomacy of Japan, 1894–1922. Volume II: Anglo-Japanese Alliance and Russo-Japanese War by Morinosuke KajimaPeter Lowe