Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 33:2 (1978) 201–205Gozan Literature: The Practice of Zen and the Pursuit of PoetryMartin Collcutt- MN 33:2 (1978) 207–14Japanese Prints Through Western EyesDavid Waterhouse
- MN 33:2 (1978) 215–16Sanshiro, A Novel by Natsume Sōseki, Jay RubinAlan Turney
- MN 33:2 (1978) 216–18The Burning Heart: Women Poets of Japan by Kenneth Rexroth, Ikuko AtsumiLeon M. Zolbrod
- MN 33:2 (1978) 218–20The Historical Literature of Mori Ōgai by David Dilworth, J. Thomas Rimer. Volume I: The Incident at Sakai and Other Stories; Volume II: Saiki Kōi and Other StoriesJames T. Araki
- MN 33:2 (1978) 221–22Contemporary Japanese Literature. An Anthology of Fiction, Film, and Other Writing Since 1945 by Howard HibbettBrian Powell
- MN 33:2 (1978) 222–23Japanese Foreign Policy, 1869–1942. Kasumigaseki to Miyakezaka by Ian NishGeorge Macklin Wilson
- MN 33:2 (1978) 224–26The Anatomy of a Small War: The Soviet-Japanese Struggle for Changkufeng/Khasan, 1938 by Alvin D. CooxJohn Hunter Boyle
- MN 33:2 (1978) 226–27Japanese-Trained Armies in Southeast Asia: Independence and Volunteer Forces in World War II by Joyce C. LebraAlvin D. Coox
- MN 33:2 (1978) 227–28Japanese Landlords: The Decline of a Rural Elite by Ann WaswoThomas R. H. Havens
- MN 33:2 (1978) 229–30Pure Land Buddhist Painting by Jōji Okazaki, Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisAlfred Bloom
- MN 33:2 (1978) 231–32Momoyama Decorative Painting by Tsugiyoshi Doi, Edna B. Crawford; Kanō Eitoku by Tsuneo Takeda, H. Mack Horton, Catherine KaputaFred H. Martinson
- MN 33:2 (1978) 232–34Japanese Portrait Sculpture by Hisashi Mōri, W. Chië IshibashiE. Dale Saunders
- MN 33:2 (1978) 234–37The Japanese Language in Contemporary Japan. Some Sociolinguistic Observations by Roy Andrew MillerMasanori Higa
- MN 33:2 (1978) 237–39Nihon Shoseki Sōmokuroku, ’77–’78. Set of two volumes. Shomei, Sakuin by Nihon Shoseki Shuppan Kyōkai; Doctoral Dissertations on Asia. An Annotated Bibliographical Journal of Current International Research. Vol. 2, No. 1 & 2 by Frank Joseph ShulmanMichael Cooper
MN 33:1 (1978) 1–36Yuriwaka and Ulysses: The Homeric Epics at the Court of Ōuchi YoshitakaJames T. Araki- MN 33:1 (1978) 37–50Opinion Revised: Hara Takashi’s Views on Local GovernmentRichard Staubitz
- MN 33:1 (1978) 51–65The Dilemma of Religious Power: Honganji and Hosokawa MasamotoMichael Solomon
- MN 33:1 (1978) 67–112The Barren Years: Japanese War LiteratureDonald Keene
- MN 33:1 (1978) 113–18The Muromachi Dono Gyōkō Okazari Ki: A Research NoteCarla M. Zainie
MN 32:4 (1977) 411–40Shakuhachi Zen: The Fukeshū and KomusōJames H. Sanford- MN 32:4 (1977) 441–58Kintōsho: Zeami’s Song of ExileSusan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 445–58KintōshoZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Susan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 553CorrespondenceLawrence Ward Beer
- MN 32:4 (1977) 459–83The Organized Peasant: The Wakamonogumi in the Edo PeriodRichard E. Varner
- MN 32:4 (1977) 485–94A World SurveyedWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 32:4 (1977) 495–514Aims and Achievement of the Meirokusha—Fact and FictionDavid Huish
- MN 32:4 (1977) 515–524The Glory That Was AzuchiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 32:4 (1977) 525–526Essays on Japanese Literature by Katsuhiko TakedaRichard Bowring
- MN 32:4 (1977) 527–529One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan by John StevensJames Abrams
- MN 32:4 (1977) 529–530The True Story of the Siege of Kumamoto Castle by Takehiko Ideishi, James H. BuckSidney DeVere Brown
- MN 32:4 (1977) 530–531Power in the Pacific. The Origins of Naval Arms Limitation, 1914–22 by Roger DingmanIan Nish
- MN 32:4 (1977) 531–533Deterrent Diplomacy: Japan, Germany, and the USSR, 1935–1940 by James William MorleyRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 32:4 (1977) 533–534Japanese Marxist. A Portrait of Kawakami Hajime, 1879–1946 by Gail Lee BernsteinPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 535–536The End of the War in Asia by Louis AllenAlvin D. Coox
- MN 32:4 (1977) 536–541Introduction to Japanese Law by Yoshiyuki Noda, Anthony H. AngeloDan Fenno Henderson
- MN 32:4 (1977) 541–543Das Dairi-shiki: Eine Studie zu seiner Entstehung und Wirkung by Michael Charlier; Die Stellung der Frau im Shintō: Eine religionsphänomenologische und- soziologische Untersuchung by Haruko OkanoFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 32:4 (1977) 543–545Études Choisies de Charles Haguenauer. Volume I: Japon, Études de Linguistique; Volume II: Japon, Études de Religion, d’Histoire et de LittératurePaul Rietsch
- MN 32:4 (1977) 546–547Guides to Japanese Culture. by Murakami Hyōe, Edward G. Seidensticker; Nihon Bunka Teiyō by Murakami HyōeGordon Daniels
- MN 32:4 (1977) 547–549The Study of Language in Japan. A Historical Survey by Toshio DoiRoland A. Lange
- MN 32:4 (1977) 549–552The National Atlas of Japan by The Japan Map CenterMichael Cooper
- MN 32:4 (1977) 553Recent Reprints
MN 32:3 (1977) 269–302Hail in the Begging Bowl: The Odyssey and Poetry of SantōkaJames Abrams- MN 32:3 (1977) 303–31Hachikazuki: A Muromachi Short StoryChigusa Steven
- MN 32:3 (1977) 315–31HachikazukiTranslated by Chigusa Steven
- MN 32:3 (1977) 332–46KinutaZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Eileen Katō
- MN 32:3 (1977) 347–64De Coningh on Deshima: Mijn Verblijf in Japan, 1856Huibert Paul
- MN 32:3 (1977) 365–76Uji and Kabane in Ancient JapanCornelius J. Kiley